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WHO is transforming medical waste management in Sudan with EU support
18 December 2024, Port Sudan, Sudan – The World Health Organization (WHO), with support from the European Union (EU), has installed 8 state-of-the-art zero-emission incinerators in hospitals in Northern, Red Sea, Gedaref, Blue Nile and River Nile states. Two incinerators destined for Blue Nile State will be installed as soon as access permits. The...
Sudan: WHO deploys a team to Gedaref and Kassala to assess the health needs of communities newly displaced from Al Jazirah
5 December 2024 – Recent escalations in the conflict and attacks on civilians in Al Jazirah State resulted in the displacement of more than 393 000 people between 20 October and 28 November 2024, around 17 000 of them displaced for the second time. Many undertook long journeys under harsh conditions, arriving at gathering and displacement sites...
Living through scars of war: The struggle of Sudan’s displaced families
Common mental health concerns like depression and anxiety are more prevalent in the Eastern Mediterranean Region than the global average 28 November 2024, Adre/Cairo – Masaadit was 4 when she walked with her mother and 7 siblings from Sudan’s Darfur to Adre in bordering Chad. By that age, she had walked over corpses, witnessed her 11-year-old...
Sudan kicks off polio campaign to protect over 648 000 children in hard-to-reach areas in White Nile State
The polio campaign in White Nile State will protect over 600 000 children from polio Photo: WHO/ Faiz Abubakr13 November 2024, Port Sudan, Sudan – The Federal Ministry of Health of Sudan, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), kicked off a 4-day house-to-house polio vaccination...
WHO helps meet the health needs of internally displaced persons in Sudan through support to primary health care facilities
Photo caption: Patients line up for pharmaceutical services at a WHO-supported PHC in River Nile State Photo credit: WHO/WHO Sudan 6 November 2024, Port Sudan, Sudan – The war that broke out in April 2023 and earlier political and social unrest have displaced 14 million Sudanese, 11 million of whom are sheltering across Sudan’s 18 states. Within the...
Sudan rolls out first malaria vaccines
His Excellency Federal Minister of Health Dr Heitham Mohamed Ibrahim Awadallah, Director General of Gedaref State Ministry of Health / Acting Gedaref State Governer Dr Ahmed Elamin Adam, and WHO Representative in Sudan Dr Shible Sahbani hold six-month old Aden Khalil, the first child to receive the malaria vaccine in Sudan, during a vaccine...
Sudan: WHO trains health workers on rehabilitation in conflict
Simulation exercise during the rehabilitation training in Port Sudan 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...
Finding ways to stop the spread of polio amid Sudan’s protracted conflict
Mohamed Al Hassan Hasab Allah boards a public bus carrying AFP samples for the 5-day drive from Kosti in White Nile to Dongola in Northern State 24 September, Port Sudan, Sudan – Surveillance is used to detect traces of poliovirus among children and in the environment. It is an essential step in ensuring that timely responses halt the further...
Sudan rolls out second vaccination campaign to stop polio outbreak
The subnational campaign will vaccinate children aged under five in accessible states 17 August 2024, Port Sudan, Sudan – More than 2.9 million children under five will be vaccinated against polio in the second round of a house-to-house vaccination campaign in seven states. The Federal Ministry of Health, with support from the World Health...
WHO condemns the increasing attacks on health care amid Sudan’s war
A health worker stands in a destroyed room at Aalia Specialist Hospital in Omdurman, one of many hospitals and health facilities in Sudan that need support to rebuild or resume services. Photo credit: Ivor Prickett/The New York Times 29 July 2024, Port Sudan, Sudan – WHO is appalled by the increasing attacks on health care in Sudan, with 22 such...
