Dec 19, 2023 · Khartoum is the capital city of the Republic of the Sudan. Below are key statistics from WHO’s Global Health Observatory. Data reported to WHO in the last 24 hours. Latest update: . Overview of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) by date. Tackling malaria in countries hardest hit by the disease: ministerial conference...

Jun 20, 2023 · The World Health Organization and UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, today warned that the continuing attacks on healthcare facilities, equipment and workers in Sudan are depriving women and girls of life-saving healthcare, with pregnant women hardest hit.

Sep 9, 2024 · WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Regional Director Dr Hanan Balkhy today concluded a two-day mission to Port Sudan, where they reaffirmed WHO's commitment to reaching all Sudanese in need and called on the international community to urgently act to end the extreme health and humanitarian crisis.

Jun 11, 2024 · Food insecurity and malnutrition are widespread in Sudan. In parts of Khartoum, Darfur and Kordofan regions, there is a risk of famine as people remain cut off from food and health assistance. According to the IPC analysis completed in December 2023, 17.7 million people (37% of the population) were

Apr 26, 2023 · The Federal Ministry of Health in Sudan has reported that 36% of health facilities in Khartoum city are non-functional and another 25% are unresponsive.

4 days ago · The head of the World Health Organization called on Saturday for an end to attacks on healthcare workers and facilities in Sudan after a drone attack on a hospital in Sudan’s North Darfur region ...

Apr 30, 2023 · Hospitals have been shelled, and two-thirds of those in Khartoum have closed, according to the World Health Organization. More than a dozen health care workers have been killed, officials...

Apr 25, 2023 · There is a “high risk of biological hazard” in the Sudanese capital Khartoum after one of the warring parties seized a laboratory holding measles and cholera pathogens and other hazardous...

4 days ago · DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Around 70 people were killed in an attack on the only functional hospital in the besieged city of El Fasher in Sudan, the chief of the World Health Organization said Sunday, part of a series of attacks coming as the African nation’s civil war escalated in recent days.. The attack on the Saudi Teaching Maternal Hospital, which local officials blamed on the ...

KHARTOUM, 3 March 2021 – Sudan is the first country in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to receive vaccines against COVID-19 following the arrival of over 800 000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine at the Khartoum International Airport.