South Sudan’s limited health care infrastructure is contributing to one of the highest child and maternal mortality rates in the world and worsens as internal conflict destabilizes the country.

Social enterprise models that empower front line Community Health Workers offer hope for combating high child and maternal mortality in South Sudan.

Through our research, we look forward to advising policy makers and practitioners on how to design social enterprise income-generating activities that are cost-effective and suited to their local contexts. These new models exist outside of the mainstream that typically relies on national health ministries or NGO activities supported by international donors.