WHO and United Nations’ officials have also stressed the need to swiftly scale up gender-based violence prevention and response services in Sudan.
CAPE TOWN - The World Health Organization has warned that the conflict in Sudan is exacerbating the already challenging health and hunger situation in the country.
WHO and United Nations officials have also stressed the need to swiftly scale up gender-based violence prevention and response services in Sudan. According to UN estimates, even before fighting broke out on 15 April, more than three million women and girls in Sudan were at risk of gender-based violence, including intimate-partner violence."From 11.7 million to 19.1 million people, WHO has verified 50 incidents through WHO surveillance system for attacks on health care since the beginning of the conflict which started in April," said WHO director-general, Doctor Tedros Ghebreyesus.
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