Sudan
International Activity Report, 2009
There was a sharp rise in medical emergencies in several parts of Sudan in 2009. In addition to the continuing crisis in Darfur, people in southern Sudan faced escalating violence and outbreaks of disease. They have little or no access to healthcare.
Assisting victims of violence in southern Sudan
Escalating violence and disease outbreaks led MSF to launch several emergency interventions in southern Sudan in 2009. Medical needs, which were already at emergency levels in many parts of the country, increased dramatically during the course of the year as clashes between different communities left hundreds dead and thousands displaced. MSF led emergency interventions in Akobo,...
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03 August 2011
In the world’s newest country, three out of four people have no access to basic health care
14 July 2011
Decades of war have crippled South Sudan’s healthcare system
02 June 2011
Sudan - Thousands displaced after clashes in Abyei region
23 May 2011
The international medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is currently responding to the consequences of fighting in the Abyei region, in Sudan. Following violent clashes, the MSF hospital in Agok, 40 kilometres south of Abyei, received 42 wounded during the night between Friday to Saturday.
This morning, the entire population of Abyei town fled the city, which is now almost empty. MSF teams have suspended primary health care activities in Abyei and have now reached the fleeing population in Agok. MSF teams in Agok are on standby to respond to a further influx of wounded. Mobile clinics are being prepared to provide health assistance, shelters and/or distribute non...
19 April 2011
Female genital cutting, or FGC, is the practice of surgically removing part or all of a girl’s or woman’s external genitalia. It has a number of negative physical and psychological effects, and in the worst cases can lead to death through severe bleeding. MSF arrived in the Tagadom area of Red Sea State in 2006 to raise awareness about the medical effects of FGC and to offer high-quality, free-of-charge maternity services. First, however, the teams had to begin a very difficult, and ultimately very rewarding process of talking about these and other taboo subjects. Listen to the podcast
07 January 2011
It is a cruel irony for the people of Southern Sudan that the world is focusing on the potential fallout of this weekend's referendum on secession from the north, while the ongoing emergencies facing the region since the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) six years ago have been all but ignored. View external media
