The UN agency has revealed shocking figures related to attacks on healthcare facilities in Sudan, stressing that the country is recording the largest percentage of global deaths linked to the targeting of the health sector, in flagrant violation of international humanitarian law.

In a conversation with Abdelmonem Makki from UN News, Shible Sahbani, WHO Representative in Sudan, explains the severity of the situation, and how the organisation is supporting the health authorities and the country’s citizens.

Shible Sahbani: The war started in April 2023, which means that, in just a few days, it will have been going on for 1,000 days. In that time the country has been plunged into a rapidly deteriorating humanitarian situation, a security crisis, a displacement crisis, a famine-like crisis, but also a health crisis.