The World Health Organization’s (WHO) director general warned on Wednesday that disease outbreaks and a lack of basic services due to unrest might result in “many more” deaths in Sudan.
According to the World Health Organization, at least 459 people have been killed and over 4,000 have been injured in conflict between the Sudanese government and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) since mid-April.
In addition to the number of fatalities and injuries caused by the fighting, the World Health Organization expects that “many more deaths” will occur as a consequence of diseases, a lack of access to food and water, and disruptions in vital health services, such as immunization.
According to Tedros, there are even fewer hospitals in Sudan’s capital. According to the World Health Organization, access to basic bleeding control might have saved one-fourth of the lives lost. However, both injured individuals and medical personnel are unable to get the assistance they need.
Following the seizure of a laboratory in Khartoum suspected of harboring viruses, the UN health agency undertook a risk assessment to determine the possible hazard to public health.”When lab workers are forced to leave a laboratory and untrained people enter that laboratory, there are always risks, but the risks are primarily to those individuals, first and foremost to accidentally expose themselves to pathogens,” said Mike Ryan, WHO’s health crisis program head.
However, he emphasized that the greatest concern to Sudanese was a lack of clean water and vaccines, as well as other hygienic issues.
