Sudan

Sudan: WHO trains health workers on rehabilitation in conflict

Sudan: WHO trains health workers on rehabilitation in conflict

20 October 2024 – Since the onset of the war in Sudan in April 2023, many thousands of people have been injured, creating an enormous surge in complex life-changing injuries that require rehabilitation care. The non-conflict related needs for rehabilitation, such as for those who have experienced a stroke or for children with disability, remain or have increased due to consequences of displacement. Accessing rehabilitation services has become more complex while the need has grown. Many rehabilitation services, including the National Prosthetics and Orthotics Centre in Khartoum, have closed or are inaccessible. The war has severely disrupted those that remain, and much of the workforce has been displaced. Facilities cannot obtain materials and equipment needed to carry out their work, and assistive products such as wheelchairs and crutches are scarce.

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Events

How support from ECHO helped contain COVID-19 in Khartoum

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In focus

Overview On 22 April, armed clashes in and around Kereneik Town resumed as the inter-communal conflict between Arab Nomads and the Masalit tribe broke out. On 23 and 24 April, armed gunmen...

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