Sudan: Correcting Misinformation: Al Nao Hospital Continues to Serve Vital Healthcare Needs Amidst Intense Conflict
[MSF] Following recent misleading reports, we (MSF) are writing to provide you with accurate and updated information regarding the situation at Al Nao Hospital in Omdurman, northwest Khartoum. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 28, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Conflict, Peace and Security East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
Canada's Arop goes from back to front to take 800m gold
Canada's Marco Arop foxed his rivals with a radical change of tactics and then poured on the pace to win a brilliant 800 metres World Championship gold on Saturday. Normally a front runner, he kept his huge frame out of the picture, right at the back, through the first lap and, while the rest of…#marcoarop #worldchampionship #arop #kenya #emmanuelwanyonyi #benpattison #spain #adrianben #sudan #pattison (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 26, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sudan: Conflict Fueling Humanitarian Emergency of Epic Proportions
[VOA] Geneva -- Hunger, disease and displacement threaten to destroy Sudan as war spreads throughout the country, fueling "a humanitarian emergency of epic proportions," according to Martin Griffiths, U.N. emergency relief coordinator. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 26, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance Conflict, Peace and Security East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
Sudan: Sudan - People Trapped By Indiscriminate Attacks in Nyala, South Darfur
[MSF] "A tragedy is unfolding in Nyala, South Darfur, as fighting continues to rage, with targeted and indiscriminate attacks against civilians reaching catastrophic levels, and all roads in and out of the area effectively cut off by the fighting. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 25, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa NGOs and Civil Society Sudan Source Type: news
Sudan: Two Deaths Amidst 'Surge in Complications' At Strained Sudan Dialysis Centres
[Dabanga] Ed Damer / El Kitab / Port Sudan / El Fasher -- Two kidney failure patients died, alongside a worrying tally of at least 12 patients requiring immediate intensive care due to an alarming series of dialysis machine breakdowns in the city of Ed Damer, capital of the River Nile state, on Wednesday. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 25, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
Losing to win: the paradox of industrial development
South Korea, 1962. The armistice to end the Korean war, a war which killed an estimated 3 million people and saw Soeul invaded and occupied four times in a year, is a mere nine year past. Adjusting for inflation, it’s about as poor as Tanzania, South Sudan or Zimbabwe is today. It’s from this…#koreanwar #tanzania #southsudan #zimbabwe #shinjin #usarmy #robertwade #hyundai #kia #asiamotors (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Sudan: Women's Vigil in North Darfur Capital Decries Healthcare Collapse
[Dabanga] El Fasher -- Women's activists organised a vigil in the North Darfur capital, El Fasher, on Thursday to protest the deteriorating healthcare conditions, and what they called the failure of the Ministry of Health and the state government to support the Specialised Maternity Hospital. Shortages of medicines and equipment at hospitals has become a country-wide crisis, as logistics, supply, and power outages stress facilities beyond their limits. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 21, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
Statement by Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean, on the ...
19 August 2023, Cairo, Egypt – On this World Humanitarian Day, we come together to recognize the unwavering dedication and compassion of communities, humanitarian workers, and health care workers who tirelessly serve those in need worldwide.
This year's theme, "No Matter What", resonates deeply as we reflect on the challenges faced by the humanitarians caught in crises and their remarkable efforts to alleviate the suffering of those around them.
This year’s World Humanitarian Day coincides with unprecedented culminating crises and emergencies worldwide and, most significantly, in WHO’s Eastern Mediterra...
Source: WHO EMRO News - August 19, 2023 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
Sudan: Violence Devastating Population and Threatening Vital Hospital
[MSF] Violence is threatening Al Nao hospital, a vital lifeline for people in Omdurman, to the northwest of Khartoum, as the conflict in Sudan enters its fifth month, causing immense suffering for people in Khartoum and elsewhere across the country. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 18, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Conflict, Peace and Security East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
Sudan: Children At Deadly Risk of Measles and Malnutrition After Fleeing Conflict in Sudan
[MSF] Juba -- Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are recording a concerning rise in measles and malnutrition cases in our facilities in South Sudan, particularly amongst returnees fleeing conflict in Sudan and host communities. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 18, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Aid and Assistance Children and Youth Conflict, Peace and Security East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa NGOs and Civil Society Sudan Source Type: news
Sudan: Fuel Crisis Deepens Healthcare Woes in Port Sudan
[Dabanga] Port Sudan -- Port Sudan's faltering healthcare system confronted a crisis earlier this week with the death of a 36-year-old kidney failure patient, a result of a power outage due to insufficient fuel for the generator providing electricity to the dialysis centre. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 18, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Economy, Business and Finance East Africa Health and Medicine Petroleum Sudan Source Type: news
More than 4mn Sudanese displaced by ‘senseless’ war, UN warns
6mn people ‘one step away’ from famine in 4-month conflict between warring generals, says refugee agency (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - August 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Statement by Principals of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee: After 4 months of war, ...
15 August 2023, NEW YORK/GENEVA/ROME – For 4 gruesome months, the people of Sudan have been engulfed in a war that is destroying their lives and their homeland, and violating their basic human rights.
People have witnessed their loved ones gunned down. Women and girls have been sexually assaulted.
Families have seen their possessions looted and their homes burnt to the ground. People are dying because they cannot access health care services and medicine.
And now, because of the war, Sudan’s children are wasting away for lack of food and nutrition.
Each day the fighting continues, the Sudanese are being robbed ...
Source: WHO EMRO News - August 15, 2023 Category: Middle East Health Source Type: news
South Sudan: MSF Calls for Urgent Help for Sudanese Refugees in Chad
[MSF] As people continue to flee the conflict in Sudan, more than 358,000 refugees have arrived at the border town Adré, in eastern Chad. Refugee camps are being built, but the shelter and basic facilities available in the camps are wholly inadequate to meet the needs of the incoming people. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling on the international community and humanitarian organisations to urgently address essential needs for people seeking safety from the conflict, to avoid a catastr (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 14, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Central Africa Chad Conflict, Peace and Security East Africa External Relations Health and Medicine International Organizations and Africa South Sudan Source Type: news
Sudan: War-Driven Hunger Kills 132 Children in El Gedaref - Doctors
[Dabanga] El Gedaref -- The Children's Hospital in El Gedaref, eastern Sudan, recorded figures of 132 children who died as a result of a surge in malnutrition-related diseases. According to recent reports, there has been a marked increase in the number of disease cases and fatalities, notably within camps providing shelter to those uprooted by the conflict in Khartoum. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - August 14, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Conflict, Peace and Security East Africa Health and Medicine Sudan Source Type: news
