Sudan conflict - Situation in refugee-hosting countries, Multi-country External Situation Report #9, covering reporting period January-February 2025

Highlights

• More than 22 months have passed since the escalation of conflict in Sudan in April 2023. Health is the sector with the third highest people in need as per the Humanitarian Needs Response Plan 2025 (HNRP).
• Two-thirds of states in Sudan are experiencing more than three different disease outbreaks, which are exacerbated by the widening climatic shocks. In particular, more than 56 900 cases of cholera with 1529 deaths (CFR 2.7%) have been reported as of February. WHO supports the country through multiple response pillars.
• WHO makes substantive contributions to preventing sexual exploitation and abuse in Sudan.
• Eastern Chad continues to report malaria, suspected measles, suspected hepatitis E and chickenpox. Since the start of the conflict in April 2023, over 763 000 refugees have entered eastern Chad.
• More than 83 300 individuals crossed from Sudan into South Sudan through six border crossings in January and February, and health service provision in Renk and other counties where refugees and returnees from Sudan are received remains overstretched. There is an ongoing cholera outbreak linked to the influx of returnees and refugees from Sudan.
• In Libya, WHO supported delivering comprehensive health services, strengthening disease surveillance and assessing health facilities with logistical support.
• In addition to continued outbreaks of malaria in Ethiopia and hepatitis E in the Central African Republic, a cholera outbreak has been reported in Ethiopia. WHO provided technical support for outbreak response activities.

20250321_sudan-emergency-sitrep-9.pdf

20250321_sudan-emergency-sitrep-9.pdf