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Sudan: a preventable health crisis that can be averted with unified action
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...
Urgent action needed to reach the most vulnerable in Sudan with life-saving health services
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...
EU funding lets WHO strengthen health emergency response coordination in Sudan
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...
Thousands exposed to risk of cholera as violence escalates in Al Gezira State, 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...
WHO-supported mobile clinics help improve access to primary health care in Sudan
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...
UNICEF and WHO warn that further attacks and disruptions of health and nutrition services in Sudan could cost over 10 000 young lives by the end of 2023
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...
WHO-supported clinics help restore health and hope for displaced people in Sudan
16 October 2023 — The war that broke out in Sudan 6 months ago has plunged the country into a complex humanitarian crisis. The conflict has pushed an already vulnerable population deeper into food insecurity, heightened exposure to diseases and threats to personal safety and security, and reduced access to health care. More than 5.8 million...
Sudan conflict: 6 months on, health needs remain massive
16 October 2023 — Six months of war in Sudan has had a deadly impact on the lives, livelihoods and health of the people. A health system that was already weak and struggling owing to conflict, disease outbreaks and hunger is now buckling under the enormous pressure caused by the war. Health hangs in the balance in the face of mass displacement, injuries,...
WHO Representative in Sudan visits 3 states to oversee WHO operations and meet with health authorities
Dr Nima Saeed Abid, WHO Representative in Sudan, visited Gedaref, Gezira and Kassala states on 16–20 September 2023 to monitor WHO operations and meet with state health authorities to discuss the public health situation and health emergency response and the status of essential health services. During his visit, Dr Abid met with high-level...
WHO scales up response following Sudan declaration of cholera outbreak
29 September 2023, Cairo, Egypt – Sudan has declared a cholera outbreak in Gedaref State, where 264 suspected cholera cases, 4 confirmed cases and 16 associated deaths had been reported by 25 September 2023. Investigations are ongoing to determine whether cholera has also spread to Khartoum and South Kordofan states, where increased cases of...
