Showing posts with label healthcare. Show all posts
Showing posts with label healthcare. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Civilians suffer as ‘perfect storm’ of war, disease and displacement grips Sudan. WHO reports: 10,000 cholera, 5,000 measles, 8,000 dengue, 1.2m malaria

ACCORDING to the World Health Organisation over 10,000 cases of cholera, 5,000 cases of measles, about 8,000 cases of dengue and over 1.2 million clinical cases of malaria, have been reported in Sudan.

The alarming rise comes against the backdrop of over 80 of the 503 health facilities operated by aid organisations either not or only partially functioning due to insecurity and lack of medical supplies or medical personnel.


Read more in UN News report dated Tuesday, 13 Feb 2024 entitled Civilians suffer as ‘perfect storm’ of war, disease and displacement grips Sudan.

© UNICEF/Annadjib Ramadane Maha A Sudanese mother and her children displaced from their home due to the conflict. (file)


Full report: https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/02/1146502


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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Over 100 dead from cholera, dengue in Sudan

Report from Medical X press - medicalxpress.com 

By AFP

Dated Sunday, 29 October 2023 - here is a copy in full:


Over 100 dead from cholera, dengue in war-torn Sudan


Scanning electron microscope image of Vibrio cholerae. Credit: Wikipedia


Outbreaks of cholera and dengue fever in war-torn Sudan have left more than 100 people dead since August, the health ministry said on Saturday.


A total of 1,049 cases of cholera, 73 of them fatal, were recorded in Khartoum, Al-Jazira state to its south and Gedaref state to the its west, the ministry said.


Khartoum has been one of the main battlegrounds in the fighting between rival generals that has gripped the country since April.


Hundreds of thousands of residents of greater Khartoum have fled to calmer areas of Gedaref and Al-Jazira, overwhelming the supply of clean water.


Nine Sudanese states have recorded cases of mosquito-borne dengue, with 49 deaths from a total of 3,316 cases, the ministry said.


Gedaref state, which borders Ethiopia, reported 2,152 of the cases and 33 of the deaths.


Even before the fighting broke out in April, Sudan's health care system struggled to contain the disease outbreaks that accompany the country's rainy season which begins in June.


Now—with hospitals bombed, medicines running low and many doctors fleeing the country—the health care system has been pushed to the brink.


The health ministry report said 70 percent of hospitals in war-torn areas are out of service.

© 2023 AFP


View original:  https://medicalxpress.com/news/2023-10-dead-cholera-dengue-war-torn-sudan.html


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Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Emmanuel Jal - Mr President -(Official Video)

A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT

By Emmanuel Jal


New single 18 Aug 2023 148,725 views


Emmanuel Jal feat. Angel Atieno - Mr President -(Official Video)

A letter to the president to bring the attention of their citizens to their mind. 


Artists: Emmanuel Jal feat. Angel Atieno 

Producer: Jesse Bukindu

Video Director: Nezzoh Montana

Actresses: Shammalee, Princess Nyadollar, Monica Awadhia, Alyce Shamala. 


Lyrics 

Intro

ohwa ohwa

A kingdom not united, shall be conquered and divided 

Conquered, divided

Enslaved, exploited 


Support hook

It's Africa Amani 

Let truth take over.

Go leader us go say so

Let truth take over 

Time has come please show so

Prosperity and love be the dose 

- Dose

Ushindi yet Robina

Let truth take over

Let truth take over

Truth take over

Truth take over oh

Let truth take over

Truth take over

Truth take over

 ---------over -- yoo 


Chorus

Would you step for our nation - Mr President ?

Would you step for education - Mr President?

Would you step up for the farmers, for police and the army?

Would you step for up for the children for women and the veterans - Mr President?


Support hook

It's Africa Amani 

Let truth take over.

Go leader us go say so

Let truth say over 

Time has come please show so

Prosperity and love be the dose


- Dose

Ushindi yet Robina

Let truth take over


Let truth take over

Truth take over

Truth take over oh

Let truth take over

Truth take over

Truth take over

 ---------over -- yoo


Would you step for education - Mr President?


Verse 1

Nation for the people

For the people by the people

United overcoming, overcoming

Overcoming terror evil

Oh I see little yellow sunrise come

Rain fall oh

Mighty state something so

Mah shallah 

- Mashallah Mashallah I see things grow 

beautiful people letting hate go

beautiful people letting hate go

letting hate go.


- Mashallah Mashallah I see things grow 

beautiful people letting hate go

beautiful people letting hate go

letting hate go.

 

It's Africa Amani 

Let truth take over

Go leader us go say so

Let truth say over 

Time has come please show so

Prosperity and love be the dose 


- Dose

Ushindi yet Robina

Let truth take over


Let truth take over

Truth take over

Truth take over oh

Let truth take over

Truth take over

Truth take over

 ---------over -- yoo


Bridge

Tara Tarara tararah

What about your dream Kila Mtu go some

What would you do for the masses 

coz soul feel how does that sound.

Teth loi Teth loi mah diid tethloi 

Teth loi Macho Tethloi 

Teth loi Chuol midiid Teth lois

Translation of bridge - 

Joy joy fullness joy fullness.

Joy for the eye  Joyfullness

Joy big Chuol Joyfullness.


Chorus 

Would you step for up for the teachers - Mr President ?

Step for the nurses  - Mr President?

Would you step up for our freedom and the healthcare betterment?


Would you step for up for the vision and the purpose of our nation?


Bridge

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Source:  YouTube 


SONG

Mr President (Single)


ARTIST

Emmanuel Jal


ALBUM

Mr President


LICENSES

The Orchard Music (on behalf of Gatwitch Records, Inc.)

https://youtu.be/ANhj5HTN04g


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Friday, August 25, 2023

War and hunger could destroy Sudan -UN aid chief

Statement by UN aid chief Martin Griffiths
Published by United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) - unocha.org
Dated Friday 25 August 2023 - here is a full copy:

War and hunger could destroy Sudan - Statement by Martin Griffiths, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator [EN/AR]


(New York, 25 August 2023): The war in Sudan is fueling a humanitarian emergency of epic proportions. This viral conflict – and the hunger, disease and displacement left in its wake – now threatens to consume the entire country.


The intense fighting that has ravaged the capital Khartoum and Darfur since mid-April has spread to Kordofan. In South Kordofan’s capital, Kadugli, food stocks have been fully depleted, as clashes and road blockages prevent aid workers from reaching the hungry. In West Kordofan’s capital, El Fula, humanitarian offices have been ransacked and supplies looted. I am also extremely worried about the safety of civilians in Al Jazira State, as the conflict moves closer to Sudan’s breadbasket.


The longer the fighting continues, the more devastating its impact. Some places have already run out of food. Hundreds of thousands of children are severely malnourished and at imminent risk of death if left untreated.


Vector-borne diseases are spreading, posing a lethal risk, especially to those already weakened by malnutrition. Cases of measles, malaria, whooping cough, dengue fever, and acute watery diarrhoea are being reported across the country. Most people have no access to medical treatment. The conflict has decimated the health care sector, with most hospitals out of service.


Millions of people have been displaced inside Sudan. Nearly one million others have fled across its borders. As more refugees arrive in neighbouring countries, host communities are struggling. A protracted conflict in Sudan could tip the entire region into a humanitarian catastrophe.


A long conflict will almost certainly lead to a lost generation of children as millions miss out on education, endure trauma, and bear the physical and psychological scars of war. Reports that some children in Sudan are being used in the fighting are deeply disturbing.


It is well past time for all those fighting in this conflict to put the people of Sudan above the pursuit of power or resources. Humanity must prevail. Civilians need life-saving assistance now; humanitarians need access and funding to deliver it. The international community needs to respond with the urgency this crisis deserves.


25 August 2023


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View original: https://www.unocha.org/publications/report/sudan/war-and-hunger-could-destroy-sudan-statement-martin-griffiths-under-secretary-general-humanitarian-affairs-and-emergency-relief-coordinator-enar


Martin Griffiths is a British diplomat who currently serves as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator at the United Nations. -Wikipedia


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