Pictured (L–R) at the handover ceremony are WHO Representative to Sudan Dr Shible Sahbani, Federal Minister of Health His Excellency Dr Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim and Director-General of Red Sea State Ministry of Health Dr Ahlam Abdel Rasoul. Photo credit: WHO/WHO Sudan8 May 2024, Port Sudan, Sudan – In a significant boost to Sudan’s health...

7 April 2024, Port Sudan, Sudan – Newly appointed WHO Representative and Head of Mission in Sudan Dr Shible Sahbani presented his credentials to Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sudan His Excellency Mr Ali Elsadig Ali on 21 March 2024, in Port Sudan. During the meeting, Dr Sahbani reaffirmed both his own and WHO’s commitment to protect the health of...

WHO support to the health emergency response for internally displaced people in Gedaref state, Sudan, in August 2023, during the ongoing conflict. Photo credit: WHO/WHO Sudan 31 March 2024  – Nearly a year after conflict erupted in Sudan, close to 25 million people in the country need humanitarian assistance. Of this number, 18 million people face...

7 March 2024 – Sudan’s participation in the Malaria Ministerial Conference in Yaoundé, Cameroon, on 6 March 2024 affirms the country’s strong political commitment to prioritize malaria control. Sudan was represented at the event by the H.E Federal Minister of Health Dr. Heitham Awadalla and a delegation from the National Malaria Control Programme...

Internally displaced families living in Algadeema School in Gadaref on 23 October 2023. Photo credit: WHO/Ala Kheir Briefing by Mr Peter Graaff, acting WHO Representative to Sudan, at the Palais des Nations media briefing session. 13 February 2024, Cairo, Egypt – It has been 10 months since conflict erupted in Sudan, plunging the country into a...

A patient receives care at the cholera treatment centre, Gadarif, in October 2023. The centre admits 46 cases a day on average and has a laboratory and pharmacy to support its operations. Photo credit: WHO/A. Kheir 8 February 2024 – Almost 10 months since conflict escalated in Sudan in April 2023, the ever-deteriorating humanitarian situation has led...

Red Sea Health Cluster meeting in Port Sudan. Photo credit: WHO/WHO Sudan 13 January 2024 – The escalation of conflict on 15 April 2023 plunged Sudan into a humanitarian crisis. Access to health care and other basic services has been disrupted and the health system is overwhelmed. Supporting the coordination mechanism for the health response in Sudan...

Port Sudan, 21 December 2023 – Access to health and other basic services has been disrupted since the escalation of violence spread to Al Gezira State on 15 December 2023. The situation in Wad Madani, the capital of the state, is particularly concerning. The few hospitals that are still operational are facing a critical shortage of staff and are...

21 November 2023 – The conflict that has escalated in Sudan since 15 April 2023 has plunged the country into an unprecedented health crisis. Over 70% of hospitals in conflict-affected states are nonfunctional or only partially operational, and those facilities that are functional are overwhelmed. To meet the growing demand for health services, WHO...

6 months of conflict in Sudan leave millions of children at risk of cholera, dengue, measles, malaria and other diseases without sufficient containment capacities Children play in Alzahraa displacement camp, 27 June 2023. Originally a hostel, the building is now functioning as a camp, hosting about 1800 people who fled violence in other parts of...