WHO: Several Hospitals Stopped Working in Conflict Zones in Sudan

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has reported that 70% to 80% of hospitals in conflict zones in Sudan are non-operational, resulting in fatalities owing to inadequate access to essential healthcare services. WHO Spokesperson Margaret Harris said, "Only 25% of hospitals are operational in Khartoum, where essential services such as maternal and child health care, treatment for severe acute malnutrition, and management of chronic diseases have been disrupted." She stated that the interruption of routine vaccinations for children, disease surveillance, and natural disasters fostered conditions conducive to disease outbreaks, resulting in displacement, food insecurity, disease proliferation, inadequate treatment of chronic illnesses, and compromised maternal and child care, thereby elevating morbidity and mortality rates within the population. Harris emphasised that several regions in Sudan are unreachable for humanitarian organisations and that bureaucratic impediments, instability, and logistical difficul ties have constrained the ability of WHO and its partners to provide aid to health facilities in Darfur, Khartoum, Gezira, and Kordofan. Source: Saudi Press Agency