By Juliet Jacob Ochenje
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has called for assistance to raise a total of US$ 145.2 million to respond to the needs of 7.6 million people in need of urgent health assistance in Sudan from June to December, 2023.
According to the organisation, and almost five hundred thousand individuals were forced to flee from the crisis to neighbouring Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia and South Sudan.
In a statement posted on its official Twitter page @WHO on Monday, it explained that the donation will support the delivery of lifesaving essential health services and facility based Care for acute malnutrition across Sudan, while reinforcing surveillance, prevention and control of potential disease outbreaks and ensuring access to essential medicines and emergency supplies.
Going further, the organisation disclosed that it is scaling up its lifesaving activities and delivery of essential health services in Sudan to mitigate public health risks induced and exacerbated by the conflict, and Ethiopia to ensure access to essential health services, including psychosocial support for Sudanese and other nationals through the medicines, supplies and deployment of personnel.
