The United Nations has drawn attention to the increase in child abuse in Sudan

The United Nations has drawn attention to the increase in child abuse in Sudan More than 1,200 children have died from measles and mumps in ...

The United Nations has drawn attention to the increase in child abuse in Sudan

More than 1,200 children have died from measles and mumps in Sudan's refugee camps, while thousands more, including infants, are at risk of death before the end of the year, United Nations officials said on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - After almost six months of fighting between the Sudanese army and the RSF forces, the country's health sector has suffered a setback due to the attacks by the warring parties and the lack of personnel and medicine, they said. .

Dr. Allen Maina, senior public health officer at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), told the United Nations General Assembly in Geneva that more than 1,200 children are under the age of five. died in White Nile state since May. He added that "Unfortunately, there are fears that the number will continue to increase."

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says it is deeply concerned about the forecast that "thousands of babies" out of the 333,000 babies that will be born before the end of the year will die.

"Babies and their mothers need special care at birth. Although in a country where millions of people are either trapped in war zones or displaced, and where there is a shortage of medicine, access to such care will make it difficult," said UNICEF spokesperson James Elder during the event.

The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) says it is deeply concerned about the forecast that "thousands of babies" out of the 333,000 babies that will be born before the end of the year will die.

"Babies and their mothers need special care at birth. Although in a country where millions of people are either trapped in war zones or displaced, and where there is a shortage of medicine, access to such care will make it difficult," said UNICEF spokesperson James Elder during the event

Every month, about 55,000 children need treatment for the worst malaria ever seen in Sudan, but less than one in 50 nutrition centers operate in Khartoum, the capital, and one in ten in the state. West Darfur, he said