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The ongoing conflict in Sudan, which erupted in April 2023, has led to a rapidly escalating humanitarian situation, with widespread suffering on the ground. WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has described the scale of the emergency as “shocking,, and warned of its devastating impact on civilian infrastructure (including health facilities), calling on the international community to take urgent action.
More than 12 million people have been forced to flee the violence, in what has been described as the largest displacement crisis in the world. Nine million people have been displaced internally, while another 3 million have sought refuge in neighbouring countries, including Chad, Egypt, Libya and South Sudan. Of these countries, Egypt has received the highest number of arrivals, at 1.2 million.
This WHO Flash Appeal provides a snapshot of the health emergency situation in Egypt due to the violence in Sudan, which remains ongoing in early 2025, and the subsequent influx of displaced people into Egypt across the country’s southern border