Activity under preparation Strengthening health system and service delivery in South Sudan particularly for women and children. Ten years after independence (2011) of South Sudan, the situation in the country remains structurally fragile. Protracted conflicts, climate-related shocks, inadequate public finance management, unemployment and limited government capacities and responsiveness have eroded livelihoods and coping strategies in South Sudan. The objective of this action is to strengthen health system and service delivery in South Sudan particularly for women and children. The EU will continue its support to ensure access to basic services for people living in the most vulnerable situations across South Sudan. Particularly, access to health service with a focus on women and children, will be at the core of this action. The intervention will include support to health system strengthening (Human Right, Health Information system, link between different administrative level). The action will also address public finance management in order to ensure in one hand improved national budget allocations and on the other execution of the health budget translated in to actual disbursements for the sector. The action is fully in line with the priority area on `Human Development¿ as defined in the Multi-annual indicative program for South Sudan 2021-2027. The action contributes to the EU Gender Action Plan III (GAP III)[1] and particularly to its thematic area of engagement on:-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Ensuring freedom from all forms of gender-based violence, Specific Objective 3 ¿Women, men, girls and boys in all their diversity, who experience sexual and gender-based violence have increased access to essential services and protection¿; Specific Objective 4 ¿The rights of every individual to have full control over, and decide freely and responsibly on matters related to their sexuality and sexual and reproductive health and rights, free from discrimination, coercion and violence, is promoted and better protected¿; and Specific Objective 6 ¿Women, men, girls and boys, in all their diversity, are better protected from sexual and gender-based violence in fragile and humanitarian crisis situations¿-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Promoting sexual and reproductive health and rights, particularly Specific objective 2 ¿Improved access for every individual to sexual and reproductive health care and services, including family planning services, information and education on sexual and reproductive rights¿-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Strengthening economic and social rights and empowering girls and women, particularly on Specific Objective 8 ¿Improved access to safe water and sanitation facilities¿ and Specific Objective 9 ¿Public health systems have sufficient and sustaines financing to address the health needs of women and girls in all their diversity¿. The action will directly contribute to achieving several targets of SDG 3 ¿health¿, and will have an impact on all other SDG, mainly on food security (SDG 2), SDG 5 ¿gender equality¿, SDG 10 ¿reducing inequality and social cohesion/conflict reduction mechanisms¿ (SDG 16).