Morning Briefing

Al Jazeera reports on the public health situation in South Sudan, which gained its independence on Saturday, and profiles Juba Teaching Hospital, the new country's largest medical center. "A lack of proper primary care facilities in South Sudan means the doctors here are often overworked: Many of the doctors at the hospital come to work seven days a week," Al Jazeera writes. "The health ministry has plans to open a network of primary care centers