GENEVA – The WHO called for urgent action to tackle the deepening health and humanitarian crises in Sudan and asked the international community to step up with financial aid.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director General of the World Health Organization, said the majority of health facilities in Sudanese regions affected by the war were not working, due to the fighting.
“Urgent action is needed to reverse Sudan’s worsening conflict amid the deepening humanitarian and health crises, with the fresh displacement of hundreds of thousands of people, mainly women and children,” Tedros said on X, formerly Twitter.
Since the conflict broke out in April, the violence has killed more than 12,000 people, according to a conservative estimate by the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project.
“While responding with partners to the acute health needs, including controlling disease spread and addressing malnutrition threats, WHO also calls for increased financial support from the international community to meet the pressing health needs of the affected populations,” said Tedros.
“These include boosting provision of basic health services for the most vulnerable in affected states, where at least 70 percent of health facilities are not working due to the conflict,” he added.
The United Nations says at least 7.1 million people have been displaced, including 1.5 million who fled across the border into neighboring countries.
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