Ahmad 
The International Red Cross has warned of a worsening health crisis in Sudan, where the medical infrastructure has been severely damaged by conflict, and the vast majority of hospitals and healthcare centers in the country have been closed.
According to the committee’s reports, two-thirds of the population are no longer able to access basic health services, making it more difficult to combat malnutrition and disease.
The committee’s health program officer in Sudan, Amelie Chabat, described the situation in clinics as catastrophic, with the wounded and sick suffering from severe shortages of medicine, food and water.
Chabat stressed that children, the elderly and women are the most affected, as they lack the necessary treatments for chronic diseases such as kidney and diabetes.
Since the outbreak of the conflict in April 2023 between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces, the number of affected people has reached about 25.6 million people, more than half of Sudan’s population, who are suffering from severe levels of hunger, including 755,000 people in extreme poverty.
An estimated 10.7 million people have been internally displaced since the conflict began, making it the world’s largest internal displacement crisis. More than 2 million people have fled to neighboring countries such as Chad and Ethiopia, and the humanitarian response has been inadequate: in the first half of 2024, only 17% of the required funding had been received.
The African Union proposes a comprehensive peace initiative to end the conflict in Sudan