The World Health Organisation has rolled out 12 mobile health clinics to provide life-saving and essential health services to people with no access in addition to supporting 11 hospitals due to the conflict in Sudan.
WHO Director-General, Dr Tedro Ghebreyesus who made this known at the Press Briefing on Wednesday said Sudan’s health implications are horrific while revealed that every day, nine patients with renal dialysis die, and dialysis centres in four states have closed due to lack of supplies.
More than 4,000 people are believed to have been killed and another 4.5 million displaced since fighting broke out in April. The conflict pits Sudan’s army, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, against paramilitary RSF, under Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, the general better known as Hemeti.
WHO DG said humanitarian situation in Sudan due to the crisis, continuing to deteriorate, adding that about 65% of the population has no access to health services and more than 70% of health facilities in conflict areas are not functioning.
According to him, “to supporting 11 hospitals, WHO is now rolling out 12 mobile health clinics to provide life-saving and essential health services to people with no access.An additional 12 mobile clinics will be launched later this month.
“Meanwhile, attacks on health have continued to increase. So far, WHO has verified 56 attacks on health care, leading to 11 deaths and 38 injuries. WHO condemns in the strongest terms the increasing attacks on health care in Sudan, and the occupation of health facilities.
“The Sudan crisis has displaced close to 5 million people, including 1 million who have fled to neighbouring countries.The health situation at Sudan’s borders is dire, with a combination of disease outbreaks, impact of extreme weather events, hunger and malnutrition.
“WHO personnel and Emergency Medical Teams are on the ground, treating patients, delivering medical supplies, training health workers, and ensuring health facilities are functioning”, Ghebreyesus added
Report has it that as of today, fighting between the RSF and the Sudanese army has erupted across Darfur’s five states, with worrying ethnic dimensions.
It stated further that the Arab militias allied with the RSF have joined in the fighting, and in response, some members of the Black African Massalit community have armed themselves.
The fighting in cities such as Al-Geneina has been catastrophic with widespread killings, markets and homes looted, and women and girls targeted with sexual violence, Middle East Eye has previously reported.
Meanwhile, cities such as Nyala in Darfur have been turned into ghost towns as Sudan’s warring parties fight for control of the border region with South Sudan and the Central African Republic (CAR).