{"id":302,"date":"2024-02-14T10:04:01","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T10:04:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/02\/14\/civilians-suffer-as-perfect-storm-of-war-disease-displacement-grips-sudan\/"},"modified":"2024-02-14T10:04:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-14T10:04:01","slug":"civilians-suffer-as-perfect-storm-of-war-disease-displacement-grips-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/civilians-suffer-as-perfect-storm-of-war-disease-displacement-grips-sudan\/","title":{"rendered":"Civilians suffer as \u2018perfect storm\u2019 of war, disease, displacement grips Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Civilians continue to bear the brunt as the war between rival militaries in Sudan spreads into new areas, driving displacement and hunger while exposing communities to deadly diseases, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Peter Graaff, acting representative of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) in Sudan, warned that displaced people sheltering in overcrowded areas lack access to water and sanitation, food and the most basic services.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe situation in Sudan was a perfect storm as the health system is hardly functional. The childhood immunization programme is breaking down, and infectious diseases are spreading,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He was speaking to correspondents at the regular press briefing at the UN Office at Geneva (UNOG), from Cairo, having recently visited South Sudan, Chad and Kenya.<\/p>\n

According to WHO, over 10,000 cases of cholera, 5,000 cases of measles, about 8,000 cases of dengue and over 1.2 million clinical cases of malaria have been reported in Sudan.<\/p>\n

The alarming rise comes against the backdrop of over 80 of the 503 health facilities operated by aid organizations either not or only partially functioning due to insecurity and lack of medical supplies or personnel.<\/p>\n

\u2018Catastrophic hunger\u2019 looming<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Humanitarians have warned that the upcoming lean season, which starts in May, could lead to\u00a0catastrophic hunger.<\/p>\n

Across Sudan, 3.5 million children are\u00a0malnourished, and over 700,000 suffer from severe acute malnourishment, requiring urgent support.<\/p>\n

\u201cHunger weakens the body\u2019s defences; it opens the doors to disease and increases morbidity and mortality,\u201d said Graaff.<\/p>\n

\u201cDisease and malnutrition have an unhealthy synergistic relation,\u201d he explained, noting that pregnant women and children are most at risk, including of death.<\/p>\n

Skyrocketing displacement<\/strong><\/h5>\n

The\u00a0war that erupted last April\u00a0between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), has left over 25 million people dependent on humanitarian assistance.<\/p>\n

Nearly 7.8 million people have been driven from their homes across Sudan, including 1.6 million forced to flee across its borders.<\/p>\n

As of Monday, the internally displaced persons (IDPs) are sheltering in about 6,600 locations across all of the country\u2019s 18 states, an increase of 112 locations compared to the week before.<\/p>\n

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A aid office, which stored immunizations, medicines and other cold-chain items, after it was raided amidst the ongoing conflict in west Darfur. (April 2023)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
UN response amid challenges<\/strong><\/h5>\n

UN agencies alongside aid partners have scaled up their response, but face challenges ranging from insecurity, looting and bureaucratic impediments to communication blackouts.<\/p>\n

Fuel shortages also affect the movement of humanitarian staff and supplies and the generation of power needed for maintaining cold chain storage and supplying water.<\/p>\n

The response is also constrained by insufficient funding.<\/p>\n

Last December, the UN launched the Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan for Sudan, requiring $2.7 billion to\u00a0provide lifesaving protection\u00a0and assistance to 14.7 million people across the war-torn country in 2024.<\/p>\n

However, as of 12 February 2024, the appeal is only 3.5 per cent funded with $94.5 million received, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).<\/p>\n

\u201cDespite all these challenges, humanitarian partners continue to provide lifesaving assistance to the vulnerable people they can reach. The conflict \u2013 particularly in Khartoum, Darfur and Kordofan \u2013 has exacerbated an already dire humanitarian situation,\u201d the office noted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Civilians continue to bear the brunt as the war between rival militaries in Sudan spreads into new areas, driving displacement and hunger while exposing communities to deadly diseases, UN humanitarians warned on Tuesday. Peter Graaff, acting representative of the UN World Health Organization (WHO) in Sudan, warned that displaced people sheltering in overcrowded areas lack […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}