World Health Organization: Sudan remains the largest humanitarian crisis in the world with 33 million people in need of assistance
The representative of the World Health Organization in Sudan confirmed that the country is still witnessing the largest humanitarian crisis in the world, with more than 33 million people in need of assistance, including 21 million in need of health services, amid the outbreak of multiple epidemics and more than 13 million displaced people.
The representative of the World Health Organization in Sudan, Shibli Sahbani, said during his online participation in the weekly press conference of the United Nations office in Geneva, that Sudan is still witnessing the largest humanitarian crisis in the world, with more than 33 million people in need of assistance, including 21 million in need of health services.
Sahbani, who has been participating in UN press conferences for more than two years to convey developments on the situation in Sudan, indicated that the situation continues to deteriorate despite the ongoing humanitarian efforts and sacrifices of the Sudanese authorities. And workers in the health sector.
He explained that displacement rates are still high despite some recent returns, as the number of displaced people in the country amounts to 13.4 million people, including about 9 million internally displaced people and 4.6 million refugees outside the country.
He pointed to the outbreak of multiple epidemics, including dengue fever, malaria, measles, meningitis, hepatitis E, and cholera in several states, noting the return of the cholera outbreak in the West. Kordofan, just two months after the end of the previous wave.
أُنتج هذا الخبر بمساعدة الترجمة الآلية ثم خضع لمراجعة تحريرية بشرية للتحقّق من الدقّة والمصدر.
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