In Sudan, maternal and child health is a priority. Unless there is additional funding bilaterally or through the Sudan Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF), more than 500 000 children under five years old will be at risk of the country’s big killers namely acute respiratory infections, measles, diarrhoea, malaria, malnutrition, as well as other...

Midwives in Kutum, North Darfur during a maternal death review workshop.To address the challenges of maternal health services and the high maternal mortality rate (MMR) in Darfur, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, World Health Organization and the United Nations Population Fund will launch the Midwife Training Centre in Kutum, North...

Measles vaccination points are established in school premises. Photo shows students line-up for the jab.24 November 2013 --- Today in Khartoum and Kassala, Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) officially launched a nationwide measles catch-up campaign targeting about 15 million children from the ages of nine months to 15 years. Sudan is one...

Collecting blood sample from a suspected yellow fever patient 19 November 2013 - Three suspected cases of viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) in Kassala State were recently reported. A total of 40 suspected cases of yellow fever, including 10 deaths, were reported from 3 October up to 17 November 2013 in 13 localities in West and South Kordofan. More than 80...

Sudan has made tremendous progress over the last two decades, however, the country still has one of the highest maternal mortality ratios in the Region and the life time risk of death for a mother in Sudan is 1 in 32. 29 August 2013 – Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health together with WHO, UNICEF and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)...

WHO staff and volunteers crossed flooded areas to deliver life-saving medicines in Alkow village, Aroma locality, Kassala. According to the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) the number of people affected by flooding has reached 340 000. As of 31 August 2013, 49 localities have been affected in 14 states, adding White Nile State which reported...

The first infant to receive the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine at a health centre in Jebel Awlia, near Khartoum. Some 1.3 million infants in Sudan are targeted in a nationwide pneumococcal conjugate (PCV13) vaccination scheduled to commence on 1 August 2013. The vaccine will address three of the major killers among infants in the country – pneumonia,...

We are all pedestrians: on any given day – at a minimum – we begin and end most trips on foot Under the theme of “Make Walking Safe”, the Second UN Global Road Safety Week 2013, is being celebrated worldwide from 6 to 12 May. On Thursday 9 March, Sudanese children marched through the streets of Khartoum calling for pedestrian safety with...

The transport of infectious substances is strictly regulated. Training contributes to improving compliance with applicable regulations ensuring protection of staff, the public and the environment2 May 2013 | Khartoum – The Federal Ministry of Health of Sudan and WHO organized a two-day training course on the shipping of infectious substances for 21...

Mercy Malaysia clinic is the only health facility providing health services during the night. Photo credit: WHO/Youssif Fadol Gomaa1 May 2013 – As the number of international health-care providers is decreasing amid continuous insecurity and lack of funding, the people in Darfur face further deterioration of already limited health care. The...