Conflict in Sudan

Large parts of Sudan have experienced ongoing violence, including intense urban warfare, gunfire, shelling and airstrikes. Our teams are treating war-wounded patients with catastrophic injuries caused by explosions, bullets and stabbings, and at times are responding to mass casualty incidents.

Millions in Sudan and neighbouring nations are displaced. Refugee camps, particularly those in the south and east, lack adequate healthcare and humanitarian aid. Camp conditions suffer from a lack of water and sanitation, creating potential for outbreaks. The collapse of the healthcare system presents challenges in accessing medical care due to shortages in hospital supplies and staff. Chronic diseases are being neglected, malnutrition is on the rise, and disease outbreaks are also a serious concern – especially due to the rupture of vaccines. 

Sudan must not become a forgotten crisis, but the humanitarian response is far from adequate, while restrictions imposed on humanitarian actors by the Sudanese authorities further isolate people in need of healthcare. 

We are currently working in 13 areas in Sudan. Our teams are providing both general and specialised healthcare for patients in various parts of Sudan in existing healthcare facilities and in camps for displaced people. We provide emergency treatment, perform surgeries, offer mental healthcare for survivors of gender-based sexual violence, run mobile clinics for displaced people, treat communicable and non-communicable diseases, and offer maternal and paediatric healthcare, including safe deliveries. 

We also provide water and sanitation services, donate medicines and medical supplies to healthcare facilities, rehabilitate damaged, looted or relocated health facilities and offer incentive pay, training and logistical support to Ministry of Health staff.