Sudan Events – Agencies
Save the Children has announced that it may not be able to continue its activities in Zamzam camp in North Darfur for more than two days due to the imminent depletion of medical supplies.
In a statement, Save the Children said that “the organization’s mobile clinics, which have been crucial in providing healthcare services to displaced people in Zamzam, cannot continue operating for more than two days as the remaining medical supplies are running out.”
The organization warned that the depletion of medical supplies within two days comes after families and children have endured seven months of famine, amid severe food shortages and a lack of services.
It added that bombing and escalating violence in the camp have put children at increased risk and further complicated efforts to deliver humanitarian aid, making access to the camp nearly impossible.
Save the Children reported that families in Zamzam camp were already suffering from severe food shortages even before the market was destroyed, forcing them to resort to desperate measures for survival, such as consuming animal fodder.
The organization stated that it has a large stockpile of medicines, water treatment materials, and medical equipment in a warehouse in Tawila, located 60 kilometers west of Zamzam. However, insecurity and road closures are preventing the delivery of these supplies to the camp.
Mohamed Abdel Latif, Save the Children’s director in Sudan, said that the organization’s staff had observed children in Zamzam camp suffering from symptoms of severe malnutrition, respiratory infections, skin diseases, and clear signs of widespread acute diarrhea.
He warned of a rapid deterioration in the already dire conditions for children and families in Zamzam camp, stressing that children face death from malnutrition and preventable diseases.
He added, “More children’s lives will be lost without immediate action.”
