In a report published on Wednesday, UNICEF highlighted the growing threat of anger in the country devastated by the war, with more than 7,700 cases and 185 associated deaths reported only in the state of Jartoum since January 2025. To the alarming, more than 1,000 cases have affected children under five years.
Since the beginning of the conflict in April 2023, three million people have been forced to flee their homes, internally displaced and throughout the region.
Return to houses without water
Although improved access to parts of the state of Jardtum has allowed more than 34,000 people to return since January, many return to homes that have suffered severe damage and lack access to basic water and sanitation services.
The recent attacks against energy infrastructure in the state of Jartoum have aggravated the crisis, interrupting water supplies and forcing families to collect water from insecure contaminated sources.
This significantly increases the risk of cholera, particularly in densely populated areas, such as displacement camps.
UNICEF has implemented a multiple approach to the crisis, including the distribution of chemicals for the treatment of domestic water, which delivers more than 1.6 million oral cholera vaccines, supplies cholera treatment kits and more.
“Every day, more children are exposed to this double threat of anger and malnutrition, but both are preventable and treatable, if we can reach children in time,” said Sheldon Yett, representative of UNICEF for Sudan.
Malaria and new prevention efforts
Also on Wednesday, UNICEF launched an association with the Ministry of Health of the Sudanese Government and the World Fund to combat AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria to distribute almost 15.6 million bed networks treated with insecticides to prevent the propagation of malaria between vulnerable families in vulnerable families, along with 500,000 additional networks for foregoing and immunizers.
The campaign aims to protect 28 million Sudanese in 14 states.
As with anger, continuous conflict and displacement have created conducive conditions for the propagation of malaria. The overpopulated and unhealthy living conditions, together with the rainy season, have a serious health risk for millions, particularly those that return to damaged communities.
In addition, the initiative aims to strengthen the availability of antipalúdico medications, rapid diagnostic tests and investments to strengthen the health system.
Critical medical supplies arrive at West Darfur
In a more positive development, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced on Tuesday that the El Geneina hospital in West Darfur has received eight tons of medical supplies for nutrition, non -communicable diseases and mental health.
It is expected that the delivery, supported by the World Bank Africa, the Share project and the European Union, maintain hospital operations for six months, providing life support to one of the regions most affected by multiple increased crises.
