El Geneina , March 17( Darfur 24)The administration of El Geneina Hospital in West Darfur state revealed that the number of children’s infections has increased from 4 to 20 cases per day, in light of the lack of health care and the lack of health personnel.
The United Nations expects that nearly 3.7 million Sudanese children will suffer from acute malnutrition this year, including 730,000 children who need life-saving treatment.
The medical director of El Geneina Hospital, Hammad Al-Ghali, said in a statement to “Darfur 24” that the rates of malnutrition in children are witnessing a significant increase, with the daily frequency reaching more than 20 cases.
He pointed out that most children suffer from diarrhea and severe vomiting.
For her part, Director of the Nutrition Department at the Ministry of Health, Khadija Muhammad, attributed the reason for the high infection rate to the lack of good food in most families due to deteriorating living conditions.
She told “Darfur 24” that the child becomes ill because he does not eat the good food he deserves during the growth stage, which causes a loss of appetite in addition to the psychological state of the mother.
She warned of the growth of some harmful habits, such as “cutting off the meat,” which gradually kills the child after preventing food from reaching the stomach.
In the same regard, Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Abu al-Qasim Ahmed Ali said in a statement to “Darfur 24” that the humanitarian aid provided by the World Food Program has stopped since last November after government authorities prevented relief from entering through the Chadian city of Adre.
He explained that the aid provided in the past did not exceed 18% of the needs of the citizens of West Darfur State.
The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, intends to notify the UN Security Council that Sudan has entered a cycle of extreme hunger resulting from the conflict, while Human Rights Watch has called for sanctions to be imposed on those obstructing the arrival of aid to Darfur.