The Sudan’s Plant Protection Directorate (PPD), linked to the Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, intensified its operations to control and prevent the any escalation of the ongoing desert locust upsurge affecting the country. — The increased assistance has been crucial to address the immediate needs of the most vulnerable people in Sudan, at a moment where the humanitarian situation is deteriorating. mass vaccination campaign to reach every single child under age 5 in Sudan—nearly
activities by KPHF started on 9 August in these states: TV and radio awareness sessions, dissemination of COVID-19 posters and social media messages. While routine services continue to be offered in functional health centres, the polio program supplementary immunization activities (SIAs) that target children under the age of 15 across Sudan have been suspended throughout the second half of 2020. Justice must be served.“An ICC trial is not only vital for the victims of the atrocious crimes that led to his indictment but must constitute a first step in ensuring justice and accountability in the country. Services Heavy rains and flooding have affected over 380,000 people in Sudan since the start of the rainy season in July, according to preliminary data from the Government’s Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC).More than 37,000 homes have been destroyed, forcing most of the families affected to seek shelter with relatives and host communities.The Government, led by HAC, and aid organizations are providing life-saving assistance to people affected. Around 2,000 water sources are now contaminated or non-functional and the collapse of the Bout Earth Dam in Blue Nile State, on 29 July, risks compromising access to water for over 100,000 people, including IDPs and refugees, who rely on it as their primary source of water.The rainy season increases the possibilities of disease outbreaks in Sudan, including heightened risks of COVID-19 transmissions amongst the displaced population. In addition, positive environmental samples of poliovirus type 2 have also been found Khartoum State, indicating a possible wide circulation This hampers timely analysis and relevant interventions. Aid actors are establishing quarantine or isolation spaces and shelters, providing the country with COVID-19 testing kits and setting up water points and handwashing stations in IDP and refugee camps and in host communities. The continued storms and flooding are causing damages to houses, schools, water points and other critical infrastructure, with North Darfur, Sennar, and West Kordofan states amongst the hardest-hit. The patient was quarantined at a UN facility and contact tracing efforts were undertaken. An official request from the National Medical Supplies Fund (NMSF) has been received on the support to transport COVID-19 supplies and regular medicines. The RCF has revised a COVID-19 prevention and response plan with different scenarios in case of a COVID-19 outbreak in a refugee camp or settlement. number of people affected by floods and also to sustain the regular humanitarian response across the country. In Bielel, Gereida, Dimsu and other settlements for displaced people in South Darfur, the American Refugee Committee increased the operational time at water points to make sure that everyone had sufficient water for drinking and domestic uses and prevent overcrowding. His case must not be hurriedly tried in Sudan’s notoriously dysfunctional legal system. - As the current rainy season creates conducive conditions for breeding, the number of solitarious locust might increase in the coming weeks, especially in green areas of the Nile Valley, threatening the cropping in the region. In 2019, Sudan’s medicine imports were 20 per cent less compared to 2017 (The overall situation prior to COVID-19 was characterized by limited coverage of essential services as well as lifesaving emergency obstetric and neonatal care services (EmONC). Neighbouring Ethiopia, Central African Republic and Chad also reported cases, which puts more risks on Sudan, especially in the Darfur region, due to border Over 25 million people have been reached with campaigns to raise awareness to prevent transmissions and at least 2.8 million people were reached with food assistance in May. According to the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH), 71 per cent of all COVID-19 confirmed cases are reported in Khartoum State, followed by 9.1 per cent in Gezira State. Ongoing heavy rains and floods in Sudan since mid-July had affected over 380,000 in 17 of the country’s 18 states as of 25 August, according to preliminary data from the Government’s Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC). Intercommunal violence in different parts of Sudan have escalated over the last month, driving displacement and increased needs.
The WASH activities have, however, been implemented in only 55 out of the 120 targeted localities.The humanitarian response increased in the eastern and central regions of the country. Review procurement processes (including importation and customs) for medical and other essential supplies and encourage local sourcing to ensure sustainability. seek shelter with relatives and host communities. Needs assessments of places of worship, including churches, in Khartoum State to start their engagement in RCCE activities ahead of opening to worshippers after the ease of lockdown measures.Improvement in contact tracing and scaling up the Rapid Response Teams (RRTs).