Khartoum, Sudan, 8 July 2018 – The World Health Organization (WHO), in partnership with Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health and with a generous contribution from the Government of Japan, has jointly launched a one-year project to strengthen the decentralization of the health system in 5 of Sudan’s 18 states. Forty-six localities and administrative...

Public Health Institute in Sudan21 June 2018 – The World Health Organization, in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health and Public Health Institute in Khartoum, Sudan, held an intersectoral training workshop from 29 to 31 May 2018 on the Health-in-All-Policies (HiAP) approach. The workshop was the first to be rolled out in Sudan. It...

Trainees receive instruction from EMERGENCY staff (Photo: Simon van Woerden/WHO Sudan). From 25 February to 1 March 2018, a total of 30 workshop participants learned about the finer details of dealing with mass casualty incidents at the Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery - such as large traffic accidents, explosions, or anything else that...

School Girls waiting for their turn for a health checkup as part of School Health Program in El-Obeid, North Kordofan state, Sudan 2017 WHO/M. ElaminFebruary 2018 – Nine years ago, one community in Sudan decided to follow WHO recommendations and abandon the practice of female genital mutilation (FGM). Since then, Tuti Island, a community of 21...

Acute Watery Diarrhoea has affected Sudan since August 2016, infecting over 36,000 people and killing over 800 to date. These are the stories of the people living with, and fighting against AWD. This week: Khalid Sarour, Environmental Health Officer in Kosti, White Nile. Khalid Sarour speaking with community leaders in White Nile state (Photo:...

5 December - A new report by the World Health Organization shows that, although in Sudan reported malaria cases have fallen since a spike in 2014, from 1.2 million to nearly 900 000 cases, additional estimates paint a different picture which indicates that caution and continued vigilance remain necessary. First, both the fluctuating longer term trend...

Acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) has affected Sudan since August 2016, infecting over 36 000 people and killing over 800. Over the next 3 weeks, read along as we introduce you to the people living with and fighting against this deadly disease. This week: Somaia Abdallah (28) works as a nurse in Kosti CTC, a special facility for AWD cases. Nurse...

Acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) has affected Sudan since August 2016, infecting over 36 000 people and killing over 800. Over the next 3 weeks, read along as we introduce you to the people living with and fighting against this deadly disease. This week: Hammad Yousif Ibrahim (42) from Kosti, White Nile State, was treated for life-threatening AWD at...

WHO Representative for Sudan, Dr Naeema Al Gasseer, speaks at the launch of Sudan’s first ever joint annual review of the health sector 7 November 2017 – On 6 and 7 November, around 300 partners from all parts of Sudan’s health sector are gathering in Khartoum to launch the country’s first ever joint annual review of the health sector (JAR)....

WHO staff in South Darfur fight AWD with the help of local communities (Photo: Afeef Mohamed Ali/WHO Sudan) 24 September 2017 – With Sudan’s rainy season underway, the risk of AWD spreading more quickly has increased. Potential risk factors include increasing breeding sites for insects, decreasing quality of water and sanitation facilities, and...