While the conflict in Sudan continues for the sixth consecutive month, Ahmed Al-Mandhari, the Regional Director of the World Health Organization (WHO) for the Eastern Mediterranean, revealed today that 70% of hospitals in the country in conflict areas have ceased operations. Malnutrition levels also have risen dramatically.
The regional office also stated that “health facilities in other areas are under great pressure due to population displacement.”
This comes as cholera and dengue fever infections have recently begun spreading widely in the country.
Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim, the Sudanese Minister of Health, stated that they have recorded nearly 800 cases of dengue fever so far.
The Doctors Union had announced a few days earlier that the number of infections in the Red Sea state is no less than three to five thousand, and there are around a thousand cases in Port Sudan, mostly among children.
The conflict that erupted in mid-April has exacerbated the situation due to the mass displacement of millions of Sudanese internally or to neighbouring countries, the spread of diseases, malnutrition, heavy rains and floods.