Sudan: 16% of war-wounded patients at South Khartoum Hospital are children
November 18, 2024KHARTOUM/BRUSSELS Approximately one in six war-wounded patients treated at the Bashair Teaching Hospital in south Khartoum since January 2024 have been under the age of 15, medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said today. Many suffered gunshot, blast and shrapnel...
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Sudan: Supply blockade forces MSF to stop care for 5,000 malnourished children in North Darfur
October 10, 2024Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to stop outpatient treatment for 5,000 children with acute malnutrition in Zamzam displacement camp in North Darfur, Sudan, because the warring parties have blocked deliveries of food, medicines and other essential...
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Sudan: The world’s collective failure on Sudan couldn’t be clearer
September 29, 2024The Sudanese people cannot afford for the international community to delay taking concrete steps to dramatically improve humanitarian access and the protection of civilians in Sudan, said Dr. Tammam Aloudat, president of the board of Doctors Without Borders /Médecins Sans Frontières...
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MSF report: Pregnant women and children dying in shocking numbers in South Darfur
September 25, 2024Nyala/ Amsterdam, 25 September - One of the worst maternal and child health emergencies in the world is unfolding in South Darfur, Sudan, according to a report released by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF). Pregnant, birthing, and postpartum women,...
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Sudan: Catastrophic situation in Zamzam camp, every effort must be made to finally deliver food, medicines and essential supplies to blockaded and starved communities
September 24, 2024Paris, 13 September - As the results of a nutrition screening carried out by the Sudanese health authorities and Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders (MSF) earlier this month in Zamzam camp, North Darfur, indicate a catastrophic nutritional situation that...
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Sudan: MSF calls for quick response, unrestricted access as cholera poses latest peril
September 12, 2024A cholera outbreak is gripping across central and eastern Sudan bringing yet more risk, death and misery to people already bruised by the country’s brutal war. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) emergency teams are supporting by treating patients and providing water...
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A war on people: The human cost of conflict and violence in Sudan
July 22, 2024EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF THE MSF REPORT ON VIOLENCE IN SUDAN The consequences of over a year of full-blown conflict on the health and wellbeing of people in Sudan are disastrous. The population has faced horrendous levels of violence, succumbing to widespread...
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‘A war on people’ – MSF report reveals catastrophic toll of violence in Sudan
July 22, 2024Amsterdam, 22 July 2024 - The war in Sudan has led to a collapse in the protection of civilians with communities facing indiscriminate violence, killings, torture and sexual violence amid persistent attacks on health workers and medical facilities according to...
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Sudan: MSF suspends delivery of care in Khartoum’s Turkish hospital
July 11, 2024Nairobi – After over a year of violent incidents both inside and outside the Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)-supported Turkish Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan – including threats made against the lives of MSF staff – MSF has taken the decision to evacuate our team from...
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Sudan war is exacerbating humanitarian needs in neighbouring South Sudan, warns MSF
June 19, 202418 June 2024, Juba – The ongoing war in Sudan is drastically increasing people’s needs across the border in South Sudan, alerts international medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) today. MSF calls for an immediate scale-up of lifesaving...
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Sudan: One by One, Hospitals are Damaged and Closed in El Fasher as Fighting Rages and People Flee
June 14, 202413 June, 2024 - Since May 10, El Fasher has seen intense fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Joint Forces and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF). As the conflict continues to ravage El Fasher, the city’s hospitals are...
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Need knows no difference between refugees and Sudanese host communities: This is Um Rakuba
June 5, 2024Imagine the scene: a busy refugee camp in El Gedaref state, on the edge of eastern Sudan, close to the Ethiopian border. This is Um Rakuba, where people in desperate need of medical care wait patiently for their turn at...
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