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Elizabeth Nyachiew, a midwife supervisor with Doctors Without Borders, checks on patients in the maternity ward at a hospital in Bantiu, South Sudan, Monday, June 24,2024. South Sudan's health system suffers, even though the relative peace gives many women easier access to care. The government allocates less than 2% of the national budget to the health ministry. Much of the health system is propped up by aid groups and the international community. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Elizabeth Nyachiew, a midwife supervisor with Doctors Without Borders, checks on patients in the maternity ward at a hospital in Bantiu, South Sudan, Monday, June 24,2024. South Sudan's health system suffers, even though the relative peace gives many women easier access to care. The government allocates less than 2% of the national budget to the health ministry. Much of the health system is propped up by aid groups and the international community. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

A woman lies with her newborn, in the maternal ward of the Doctors Without Borders-run hospital in Bantiu, South Sudan, Monday, June 24,2024. South Sudan's health system suffers, even though the relative peace gives many women easier access to care. The government allocates less than 2% of the national budget to the health ministry. Much of the health system is propped up by aid groups and the international community. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

A woman lies with her newborn, in the maternal ward of the Doctors Without Borders-run hospital in Bantiu, South Sudan, Monday, June 24,2024. South Sudan's health system suffers, even though the relative peace gives many women easier access to care. The government allocates less than 2% of the national budget to the health ministry. Much of the health system is propped up by aid groups and the international community. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Elizabeth Nyachiew, a midwife supervisor with Doctors Without Borders, does daily rounds in the maternity clinic at a hospital in Bantiu, South Sudan, Monday, June 24,2024. South Sudan's health system suffers, even though the relative peace gives many women easier access to care. The government allocates less than 2% of the national budget to the health ministry. Much of the health system is propped up by aid groups and the international community. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Elizabeth Nyachiew, a midwife supervisor with Doctors Without Borders, does daily rounds in the maternity clinic at a hospital in Bantiu, South Sudan, Monday, June 24,2024. South Sudan's health system suffers, even though the relative peace gives many women easier access to care. The government allocates less than 2% of the national budget to the health ministry. Much of the health system is propped up by aid groups and the international community. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Elizabeth Nyachiew, a midwife supervisor with Doctors Without Borders walks through the hospital in Bantiu, South Sudan, Monday, June 24,2024. South Sudan's health system suffers, even though the relative peace gives many women easier access to care. The government allocates less than 2% of the national budget to the health ministry. Much of the health system is propped up by aid groups and the international community. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Elizabeth Nyachiew, a midwife supervisor with Doctors Without Borders walks through the hospital in Bantiu, South Sudan, Monday, June 24,2024. South Sudan's health system suffers, even though the relative peace gives many women easier access to care. The government allocates less than 2% of the national budget to the health ministry. Much of the health system is propped up by aid groups and the international community. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Nyalith Mauit, cradles her one-day old son on a bed in the Doctors Without Borders in Bentiu-run hospital in Bantiu, South Sudan, Monday, June 24,2024, after she lost one of her twins while giving birth. South Sudan's health system suffers, even though the relative peace gives many women easier access to care. The government allocates less than 2% of the national budget to the health ministry. Much of the health system is propped up by aid groups and the international community. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Nyalith Mauit, cradles her one-day old son on a bed in the Doctors Without Borders in Bentiu-run hospital in Bantiu, South Sudan, Monday, June 24,2024, after she lost one of her twins while giving birth. South Sudan's health system suffers, even though the relative peace gives many women easier access to care. The government allocates less than 2% of the national budget to the health ministry. Much of the health system is propped up by aid groups and the international community. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Patients and staff sit and walk around in the Doctors Without Borders-run hospital in Bantiu, South Sudan, Monday, June 24,2024. South Sudan's health system suffers, even though the relative peace gives many women easier access to care. The government allocates less than 2% of the national budget to the health ministry. Much of the health system is propped up by aid groups and the international community. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Patients and staff sit and walk around in the Doctors Without Borders-run hospital in Bantiu, South Sudan, Monday, June 24,2024. South Sudan's health system suffers, even though the relative peace gives many women easier access to care. The government allocates less than 2% of the national budget to the health ministry. Much of the health system is propped up by aid groups and the international community. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

A newborn lies on a bed in the Doctors Without Borders-run hospital in Bantiu, South Sudan, Monday, June 24,2024. South Sudan's health system suffers, even though the relative peace gives many women easier access to care. The government allocates less than 2% of the national budget to the health ministry. Much of the health system is propped up by aid groups and the international community. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

A newborn lies on a bed in the Doctors Without Borders-run hospital in Bantiu, South Sudan, Monday, June 24,2024. South Sudan's health system suffers, even though the relative peace gives many women easier access to care. The government allocates less than 2% of the national budget to the health ministry. Much of the health system is propped up by aid groups and the international community. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Elizabeth Nyachiew, a midwife supervisor with Doctors Without Borders, inspects a women's legs in the maternal ward with Edema during her daily round at a hospital in Bantiu, South Sudan, Monday, June 24,2024. South Sudan's health system suffers, even though the relative peace gives many women easier access to care. The government allocates less than 2% of the national budget to the health ministry. Much of the health system is propped up by aid groups and the international community. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)

Elizabeth Nyachiew, a midwife supervisor with Doctors Without Borders, inspects a women's legs in the maternal ward with Edema during her daily round at a hospital in Bantiu, South Sudan, Monday, June 24,2024. South Sudan's health system suffers, even though the relative peace gives many women easier access to care. The government allocates less than 2% of the national budget to the health ministry. Much of the health system is propped up by aid groups and the international community. (AP Photo/Sam Mednick)