Prevalence of Malnutrition among Children Under 5 Years of Age in Chukudum Hospital, Budi County, South Sudan

South Sudan was faced with a lot of geo-political issues which some had impacted on children health resulting in poor nutritional status.This research study is to find out the prevalence of malnutrition among children aged 6-59 months sampled in Chukudum hospital, Budi County.The study used descriptive cross-sectional study design which involved 222 children sampled amongst children age 6-59 months in Chukudum hospital.The purposive sampling technique has been used for this study in which any mother or caretaker who comes with a child for health services in the hospital were included.The questionnaires were designed to gather information about prevalence of Malnutrition.The data was collected was analyzed using the SPSS 25 statistical package.Most of the mothers or caretakers were between the ages of 20-25 years who were interviewed during the study.167(75.2%) of the respondents stopped their children from breastfeeding after two years.143(64.4%) of the respondents feed their children on vegetables while 164(73.9%) of the respondents feeds their children twice a day.124(55.9%) of the respondents earned incomes of 5000-10000 SSP per month.115(51.8%) of the respondents said they don't produce enough food to eat.89 (40.1%) of the children present signs and symptoms of dry, loose skin.The prevalence of wasting (16.6%) stunted (2.7%) and underweight (7.7%) among the children 6-59 months.