page_title: Kapoeta East County
section_title: Health and education
hierarchical_section_title: Kapoeta East County / Health and education
caption_attribution_description: Toposa woman of South Sudan smoking a pipe
context_page_description: Kapoeta East County is an administrative region of Namorunyang State. Before reorganisation of states in 2015, it was a part of Eastern Equatoria state in South Sudan, bordered by Kenya to the south, Ethiopia to the east and Jonglei state to the west. It is part of the Greater Kapoeta region of the state. The largest ethnic group is the Toposa people.
  The principal town is Narus.
  The county includes the disputed Ilemi triangle, controlled by Kenya.
  The emblem of the county is a horned bull, with big humps and a large tail.
context_section_description: Malaria is a problem is some parts of the county. In 2011, long lasting mosquito nets were being distributed to women and children under the age of five by Population Services International - Sudan, an NGO.
  In the first quarter of 2011, 136 cases of Dracunculiasis (guinea worm disease) were reported from Kapoeta East out of 194 cases for all of South Sudan. The disease is caught by drinking stagnant contaminated water.
  In 2009 there were plans to launch a vaccination program against Meningitis in the county, following reports of 62 cases of Meningitis A in Kapoeta North and South.
  Kapoeta East has the poorest level of health care coverage of Eastern Equatoria with just one facility for every 66,000 people.
  The Catholic Diocese of Torit operates a primary health care center in Narus with 25 beds for in-patients.
  The center provides clinical care, laboratory services, ANC, Immunization, Health Education and Child care.
  The Kuron Primary Health Care Unit at Kuron Peace Village, in the extreme east of the county is supervised by the Narus center.
  The diocese also operates a primary health care center at Nanyangachor, towards the Ethiopian border in the east of the county. This center has a catchment population of over 300,000 people from the Toposa and Nyangatom ethnic groups.
  A 2008 survey found that less than 30% of school age children were enrolled in schools in the Eastern Equatoria State.
  Prevalent cultural values did not favor education, particularly of girls, and girls lacked support while at school. 
  Following a program initiated by UNICEF assisted by other organizations such as SNV Netherlands, a slight increase in enrollment was achieved. In 2009, 6,090 pupils (3,799 boys, and 2,291 girls) were enrolled in Kapoeta East County compared to 6,041 pupils (3,754 boys and 2,287 girls) in 2008.
caption: Toposa woman
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