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<p>The UK is the leading provider of health services in South Sudan, through the Health
Pooled Fund (HPF) (£175m 2018-2023). Through the HPF, UK Aid is improving capacity
to identify and manage mental health illnesses in health facilities and hospitals;
last year HPF trained 412 health workers on mental health across South Sudan.</p><p><br>UK
Aid is also supporting specialised mental health services in areas heavily impacted
by violence, through our partnerships with Humanity and Inclusion (£3.7m 2018-2021)
and Medair (£16m 2016-2021). We also provide psycho-social support to survivors of
gender-based violence as part of a five-year £22 million programme with the International
Medical Corps. Finally, UK Aid is working in partnership with the UN’s International
Organisation for Migration (IOM) to provide mental health and psychosocial services
in protection of civilian sites, with services targeted particularly at vulnerable
groups including women and girls.</p>
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