Sudan Conflict Triggers Regional Health Crisis, Warns WHO

Healthcare System Collapses in Sudan's Capital : State of the World from NPR

The civil war in Sudan has been ongoing for more than two years causing some fifteen million people to be displaced and the collapse of the country's healthcare system in many places. In the capital Khartoum, there were once nearly 100 public and private medical facilities, now none are operational. We go to Khartoum to see how residents are coping with the lack of medical care.

Sexual violence is used as a weapon of war in Sudan. The dark figure is high. According to the aid organization Physicians Without Borders, women can hardly avoid sexual assaults there despite all precautions. The extent of the suffering is unbelievable.

Sudan Conflict Triggers Regional Health Crisis, Warns WHO

As the war between rival militaries in Sudan continues, the World Health Organization (WHO) has raised alarm over the escalating health emergency, driven by ongoing violence, mass displacement, collapsing health systems and poor conditions inside refugee camps.

Cholera, Dengue fever, rapes – and bombs again and again: The civil war in Sudan has already forced 13 million people to flee. The medical situation now seems to erode completely.

Sudan conflict triggers regional health crisis, warns WHO

As the war between rival militaries in Sudan continues, the World Health Organization (WHO) has raised alarm over the escalating health emergency, driven by ongoing violence, mass displacement, collapsing health systems and poor conditions inside refugee camps.