The World Health Organization (WHO) via Media Briefing on Global Health Issues, revealed, “in Sudan, 15 million people need urgent health assistance”.
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| “15 million people need urgent health assistance in Sudan” – WHO. Photo: UNHCR/Ala Kheir via unhcr.org |
The World Health governing body said, he “access to health services continues to be severely constrained due to insecurity and shortages of medicines, medical supplies and health workers” as a result of “15 months of conflict”.
Due to the unrest in Sudan “19,000 people have been killed and 33,000 injured”.
According to WHO: “Next to #Sudan, which has endured 15 months of conflict, with almost 19,000 people killed and 33,000 injured.
Access to health services continues to be severely constrained due to insecurity and shortages of medicines, medical supplies and health workers.
Almost 15 million people need urgent health assistance, including maternal and newborn care, treatment for cancer, diabetes and other noncommunicable diseases, and protection from outbreaks of cholera, measles, malaria, dengue, meningitis, and more.
The risk of famine is growing, with more than half Sudan’s population facing crisis levels of food insecurity, or worse.
WHO has recently distributed 3 metric tons of pre-positioned supplies to meet the critical needs of the population in North Darfur.
We call on both sides to the conflict to facilitate assistance for those in need.
Opening the Adré crossing from Chad into western Darfur is absolutely vital for scaling up assistance.
Access must also be facilitated elsewhere, including to Khartoum, the Kordofan states, and other hotspots.
Renewed fighting has forced even more people to flee. In the past three months, the number of displaced people has increased by more than 45% to 12.7 million, including 10.5 million who are displaced internally, and 2.2 million who have sought refuge in neighbouring countries.
Their health needs are enormous. In Chad, most arrive after multiple displacements, suffering gunshot wounds, many having survived rape and sexual violence, without sufficient food for months, and having walked for days.
Host communities in Chad have been very hospitable, offering food, water, and shelter for refugees, but the needs are overwhelming.
Last week, WHO experts from our Eastern Mediterranean and African regions conducted a joint mission to Chad to assess the refugee situation and scale-up cross-border operations.
Our priority is to create systems that address immediate medical needs but also strengthen Chad’s health system capacity so the health needs of refugees are not dependent on aid in the long-term.
Despite the increasing health needs in both Chad and Sudan, WHO has only 18% of the funds we need to meet those needs. The international community must do better than that.
Sudan remains a political crisis that can only end with a political solution.
Peace, access, and funding are in desperately short supply, and once again it is the innocent who suffer”-@DrTedros “
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