In Sudan, two-thirds of health facilities in areas affected by armed conflict have been shut down, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Wednesday, expressing great concern as outbreaks of measles, malaria and dengue fever rage.

“Two months of violence have hit health services hard,” WHO director-general Dr. Tedros Andanom Ghebresus.

“Approximately two-thirds of the health facilities in war zones have been put out of service,” he explained.

And this at a time when 11 million people in the country need health care.

“Repeated attacks on health facilities, drug stores, ambulances and health personnel prevent patients and staff from reaching hospitals,” pointed out Dr. Tree.

Absolutely necessary services are not provided — emergency departments, pediatric clinics, services for the malnourished and people with non-communicable diseases are not operating.

The WHO has recorded 46 attacks on health facilities since the outbreak of war between the armed forces and paramilitaries.

Since April 15, heavy hostilities between the army and the Rapid Support Force have claimed the lives of at least 2,000 people, according to the latest estimate by the non-governmental organization ACLED, and have made more than 2.5 million others internally displaced and internally displaced. refugees, according to the UN.

According to the head of the WHO, “significant problems arise in the fight against epidemics of measles, malaria and dengue [πυρετού] raging in the Sudan.”

And, he reminded, “the risk of epidemics will certainly increase with the rainy season, limiting access to drinking water, population movements and limiting the ability to detect epidemics as early as necessary.”

Last week the WHO launched a new appeal to raise $150 million in funds to respond to the growing needs of people affected by the war in Sudan and those who have fled to neighboring states.

“I am very concerned about the health and well-being of the people of Sudan and the WHO is studying all possibilities to provide them with the help they need. But we cannot act alone,” insisted Dr. Tedros, calling on the international community to help.