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Sudan: Health. Education
HEALTH
Sudan has poorly developed systems for health care. With the exception of the big cities are few advanced health services. Even in Khartoum there are only a few examples of good institutions, and not enough to cover the needs for all citizens. A plan from the 1970's aimed at provide primary health care all across the country, but his has yet to be realized, much due to lack of finances.
Large parts of Sudan's population suffer from poor hygiene, bad infrastructure and bad water quality. Diseases of Sudan include malaria, dysentery and other gastrointestinal diseases, and tuberculosis.Bilharziasis is a great problem for peoples along the White and Blue Niles. Trypanosomiasis, sleeping sickness, is a widespread disease in the southern regions. Meningitis, measles, whooping cough, infectious hepatitis, syphilis and gonorrhea are other relatively common diseases.
Some regions of Sudan has problems of seasonal undernourishment and malnutrition is still a problem some places, and in particular in the south.
EDUCATION
The Sudanese educational system is free of charge, and compulsory for all children between the ages 6 and 14. It consists of 6 years of primary education, and 3 year of junior secondary schools. After this there are 3 possibilities: 3 years of higher secondary school preparing for higher education; 4 years commercial, agricultural or other technical school; 4 years of training to become a teacher.
The primary language of all schools is Arabic, even in non-Arabic regions.
Since 1962 have schools in the civil war ridden southern provinces been operated by local authorities. There is no common program for education here, and resources are limited.
Sudan has 5 universities, the University of Khartoum that opened in 1956; the Omdurman Islamic University that opened in 1912; and the University of Juba that opened in 1975; the University of Gezira in Wad Medani; the Khartoum branch of the University of Cairo. There is also the College of Fine and Applied Art in Khartoum. Arabic is now the dominating language at the universities, and has almost fully replaced English.
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By: Tore Kjeilen
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