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The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the World Health Organization once again sounded the alarm about the deteriorating health situation resulting from the conflict in Sudan. According to the United Nations daily news bulletin, a copy of which we received this morning.
Both UNHCR and the organization issued a joint press statement on Tuesday in which they explained that according to UNHCR teams in White Nile State, more than 1,200 displaced and refugee children under the age of five died in nine camps between May 15 and September 14 due to a deadly combination of suspected... In measles outbreaks and acute malnutrition.
According to the statement, more than 3,100 suspected cases were also reported in the same period, and more than 500 suspected cases of cholera were reported in other parts of the country, in addition to the outbreak of dengue fever and malaria, in light of the increasing epidemiological threat and the challenges facing control. Epidemics.

'Destructive conflict'
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, said that the world has the means and money to prevent all these deaths caused by measles or malnutrition, adding that "yet dozens of children die every day as a result of this devastating conflict and lack of global attention."
Grandi emphasized that more deaths could be prevented, but money was needed for the response, to reach those in need, and "above all, to end the fighting."
The UNHCR and the World Health Organization explained that health facilities are under enormous pressure due to a lack of staff, life-saving medicines and vital equipment. Repeated attacks on health facilities since the beginning of the conflict, including on staff, patients and means of transporting medical supplies, are hampering the delivery of health services.

Support required
The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said, “Local health workers, assisted by the World Health Organization and partners, are doing everything they can under very difficult circumstances, and they desperately need the support of the international community to prevent further deaths and epidemics.”
The UN official called on donors to be generous, and the warring parties to protect health workers and provide health care to all those who need it.
In the city of Renk in South Sudan, humanitarian partners reported increasing arrivals of children with measles and high rates of malnutrition from Sudan, especially from White Nile State.
More than 5,770 suspected cases of measles and 142 deaths have been reported. Children under the age of 5 are the most affected, accounting for nearly 70 percent of all cases and 76 percent of all deaths.

Cases in Ethiopia and Chad
The statement further stated that the situation is equally worrying in the Amhara region of Ethiopia where a cholera outbreak is developing rapidly in the Metema region in locations hosting more than 18,000 people who have fled conflict in Sudan.
As of September 12, eight people had died from cholera out of 435 suspected cases reported.
The two organizations said that nearly 13,000 children under the age of five were found to be suffering from acute malnutrition in Chad, while the number of malnourished children being admitted to hospitals rose by 56 percent throughout Ouaddai province, which hosts more than 80. percent of refugees, since the beginning of the conflict in Sudan.
The statement said that the high prevalence of malnutrition among incoming refugees reflects the extremely dire situation of Darfur residents fleeing across the border into Chad.

Providing aid continues
The UNHCR and WHO statement explained that measles vaccination was provided to children under the age of five in camps located in the Blue and White Nile states, where more than 45,000 children under the age of five were vaccinated.
In Chad, two measles vaccination campaigns reached 1.2 million children. The World Health Organization and its partners also launched an oral cholera vaccination campaign in Amhara, Ethiopia, last weekend.
The organization also provided much-needed health supplies across South Sudan, Ethiopia and Chad, including essential medicines, medical supplies to treat cholera and malnutrition, and tents for mobile health clinics. Reproductive health supplies, mental health care and psychosocial support are also prioritized.