“The ongoing conflict and displacement in addition to fragile health infrastructure and limited access to affected populations pose a risk of transmission of mass diseases,” the UN Health Agency said in a report issued on Tuesday, calling on immediate support to maintain surveillance, strengthen the outbreak and preserve lifeguard healthcare.
Since Civil War broke out in April 2023, 14.5 million people have been displaced – 10.5 million internally and four million to neighboring countries such as Egypt, South Sudan, Tchad, Ethiopia, Libya and the Central African Republic – making this the world’s largest shear crisis.
Inside Sudan, conflict has destroyed infrastructure and triggered the degradation of essential services and infrastructure, which burned the spread of cholera, measles and other transferable diseases.
On Tuesday’s press briefing in New York, UN spokesman Stéphane Dujarric reported that with battle and shelling intensifies across the country “The Cholera Outbreak in the Khartoum state worsens at an alarming speed” with cases that rise by 80 percent over the past two weeks.
Mr. Dujarric called for “increased, flexible and timely funding to scale up the humanitarian response as well as unobstructed access via all necessary routes so help workers can reach people in need no matter where they may be.”
Illness and displacement
The impact extends far beyond the borders of Sudan. From May 7, Egypt received 1.5 million Sudanese refugees during the two matches.
The country has expanded coverage of healthcare, but Sudanese faces higher costs under the universal health insurance system. Who Egypt works with national authorities to strengthen healthcare and reach the most vulnerable.
As Sudanese refugees arrive at overcrowded refugee camps throughout the region, the situation is far ugly.
Tchad. Quick influx of Sudanese refugees leave thousands in desperate need
In Chad, where over 726,000 have arrived in four crisis-affected eastern provinces already overwhelmed with other refugees, health needs are urgent.
Refugees are facing outbreaks of malaria, measles, hepatitis E and severe acute malnutrition. There have been 657,135 cases of malaria alone and 314 deaths across the country this year.
South Sudan has received over 1.5 million people, including 352,000 Sudanese. But conflict and attacks on health facilities in the host country have severely hindered response efforts and worsening illness.
Hunger and cholera are especially trading with 7.7 million people facing severe food security and more than 54,800 cholera cases and 1,000 deaths since the end of September.
Continuous who supports
Despite the growing funding crisis and serious operational challenges that and its partners continue to provide support.
These include support for 136 nutrition stabilization centers, the supply of medical supplies and consultations, cholera treatment sites and efforts to rebuild damaged health infrastructure.
The agency has called for sustained support to prevent worsening of what is already one of the most greatest humanitarian and public health emergencies in the world today.
