Conflict in Sudan creating a healthcare 'disaster': WHO regional directorCAIRO - Sudan's already troubled health sector faces the risk of"disaster" after more than two weeks of heavy fighting have rocked the poverty-stricken country, a UN World Health Organization official warns.
More than 500 people have been killed and nearly 5,000 injured, according to official figures, but the real toll is feared to be much higher. "There are approximately three million women or girls who are exposed to various types of... gender-based violence", including sexual violence, he said, adding that children face"psychological pressures" from conflict and displacement.
The International Committee of the Red Cross on April 30, 2023 sent an aircraft with badly needed medical supplies to Port Sudan from JordanThe UN had until Monday suspended its work in Sudan after five aid workers were killed in the fighting. This year, the UN was hoping to raise around $1.7 billion to support Sudan, but"only about 13 percent" of that sum was secured, said the WHO official.In war,"international law requires everyone to spare health facilities and to preserve the lives of medical staff and patients, especially women and children," Mandhari said.