Hundreds of thousands face diseases in overcrowded White Nile state camps, says MSF

Sudan Tribune
Jul 27, 2023

Hundreds of thousands face diseases in overcrowded White Nile state camps, says MSF


As more people flee the conflict Sudan’s Blue Nile State into While Nile State, there is urgent need to scale up assistance in form of nutritional support and provision of shelter, food and clean water to curb an outbreak of diseases, a medical charity said in a statement on Thursday.

Medicins Sans Frontiers (MSF) said over 140,000 people, mostly South Sudanese women and children fleeing from Khartoum have arrived in White Nile state.