One of the few doctors serving 1.3 million people may have to leave because he would lose his salary.
The UK government says it will stop giving aid to nine state hospitals in South Sudan from 1 August, raising fears that the move will further cripple a health system that barely functions, as the BBC's Catherine Byaruhanga reports.
As he lead the rounds in the surgical ward, Dr Pioth says: "When I was still a medical officer [seeing outpatients at the hospital], there were too many patients who lost their lives because there was no surgeon that could try to help them." In South Sudan, HPF, which provides drugs, equipment and contributes to salaries, is cutting support to nine state hospitals by 1 August - including the one in Aweil.
I drive two hours north of Aweil town along muddy, bumpy roads towards South Sudan's border with Sudan and arrive at Manyiel Primary Health Care Unit, a small facility meant to act as a first point of call for the community. Dr Atem tells me the Mother and Child Health Worker who used to run the clinic left when he lost his incentive payments from HPF.
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