联合国难民署和世界卫生组织发出警告，苏丹人道主义危机持续恶化，大量儿童因传染病和营养不良丧生。1根据两机构的报告，2024年5月15日至9月14日期间，苏丹白尼罗州9个难民营中超过1200名5岁以下儿童死亡，死因为疑似麻疹暴发与严重营养不良的致命组合。1同期该地区报告超过3100例疑似麻疹病例，另有500多例疑似霍乱病例在苏丹其他地区出现。1联合国难民署高级专员菲利波·格兰迪表示"每天有数十名儿童死亡"，1而世卫组织总干事谭德塞指出"当地卫生工作者在非常困难的条件下尽力而为"。1
卫生系统的崩溃正加剧这场危机。1健康设施因人员短缺、药物和设备不足而面临崩溃，反复的武装冲突袭击进一步限制了卫生服务的提供。1区域性疫情也在扩散——南苏丹报告5770例疑似麻疹病例，其中142例死亡，5岁以下儿童占病例的70%和死亡的76%；15月至7月间，该国平均每月103名儿童因中度或重度营养不良入院，远高于冲突前的14例。1埃塞俄比亚阿姆哈拉地区梅特玛的霍乱暴发中，截至9月12日报告435例疑似病例和8例死亡。1乍得筛查发现近13000名5岁以下儿童严重营养不良，瓦达伊省儿童营养不良入院人数增加56%，而当地难民每人每天仅获得5升清洁饮用水，不足推荐量的三分之一。1
为应对疫情，两机构已启动疫苗接种行动。1苏丹蓝尼罗州和白尼罗州的营地已接种超过53000名5岁以下儿童，1乍得进行的2次麻疹疫苗活动已覆盖120万儿童。1
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Health Organization (WHO) have warned of a severe humanitarian crisis across Sudan and the surrounding region, marked by a devastating combination of disease outbreak and acute malnutrition among vulnerable populations. Between May 15 and September 14, 2024, more than 1,200 children under five years old died in nine refugee camps in Sudan's White Nile State from suspected measles and severe malnutrition.1 Over the same period, authorities reported more than 3,100 suspected cases of measles, alongside more than 500 suspected cholera cases elsewhere in the country, as well as outbreaks of dengue fever and malaria.1
The health infrastructure supporting affected populations has deteriorated significantly, with medical facilities struggling to function due to staff shortages, insufficient medicines, and inadequate equipment.1 Repeated armed conflict has further restricted the provision of health services in these areas.1 UNHCR High Commissioner Filippo Grandi emphasized the scale of the crisis, stating that "dozens of children are dying every day,"1 while WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus acknowledged that "local health workers are doing their best under extremely difficult conditions."1
The crisis extends beyond Sudan's borders. South Sudan has reported 5,770 suspected measles cases and 142 deaths, with children under five accounting for 70 percent of cases and 76 percent of deaths.1 From May to July 2024, an average of 103 children per month were hospitalized for moderate or severe malnutrition in South Sudan, compared to just 14 cases before the conflict.1 In Ethiopia's Amhara region, a cholera outbreak centered in Metema had resulted in 8 deaths and 435 suspected cases as of September 12.1 Chad has identified nearly 13,000 children under five suffering from severe acute malnutrition, with hospital admissions for malnutrition increasing by 56 percent in Wadai Province.1 Additionally, refugees in Chad receive only 5 liters of clean drinking water per person daily, approximately one-third of the recommended amount.1
Response efforts have included vaccination campaigns. Over 53,000 children under five in Blue Nile and White Nile State camps have been vaccinated against measles,1 while two measles vaccination campaigns in Chad have reached 1.2 million children.1
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