WHO supports response to the tribal conflict in Sudan’s South Darfur State
31 January 2022 – Inter-communal clashes in late December 2022 in Sudan’s South Darfur State spread to 16 villages and resulted in 11 people killed and 18 wounded, according to information from the State Ministry of Health. As a result of ongoing conflict, health facilities in the area are reporting severe shortages of trauma supplies, medicines and anaesthetic drugs.
Thanks to technical support from WHO, preparedness measures by the State Ministry of Health ensured that a WHO-Ministry joint assessment team was able to quickly coordinate with all health partners on the ground to develop an immediate intervention plan.
WHO had already pre-positioned trauma and interagency emergency health kits for South Darfur State; additional supplies enough for 200–500 surgical interventions were also dispatched to the state’s Nyala Hospital in response to the influx of injured victims.