Bashair teaching hospital in Khartoum has treated 314 children under the age of 15 for wounds from gunshots or blasts this year
Children cheer the Sudan ese military during a demonstration in Omdurman, outside Khartoum, Sudan . The civil war has turned Khartoum into ground zero for one of the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophes.
The city has been carved up by the Sudanese Armed Forces and the rival Rapid Support Forces paramilitary since April 2023, with civilians unable to cross front lines to seek food, medicine or healthcare – or simply escape the gunfire and explosions. “The fighting has disrupted daily life, making movement between states, crossing frontline areas, extremely dangerous. There is a constant threat of violence, and continuous air strikes in the city,” Mr Hammadi said. “Movement within the city and across conflict lines is often hindered by the lack of permits, and many patients face significant delays or are unable to be evacuated to other facilities.
Dr Dahab said that alongside the direct violence wrought by the war, people were prevented from finding food and accessing medicine, while the primary healthcare system needed to detect, diagnose and treat disease had been shut down. The halting of vaccination programmes also posed a long-term threat.“You can be hungry for one day, but hungry for three or four days, what does that do? You are hungry, you get sick, you’re sick, you can’t seek food. It’s a vicious cycle,” said Dr Dahab.
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