As a result of increasing restrictions imposed by Sudanese authorities, the medical humanitarian organisation Doctors without Borders (MSF) has been forced to suspend most of its medical activities in the conflict area of Jebel Si, in North Darfur State.
MSF is the sole health provider in the region.
MSF’s operational manager for Sudan, Alberto Cristina, said with the reduction of their activities in Jebel Si, more than 100,000 are left entirely without healthcare in the region.
He added that if MSF is not allowed to deliver medicines and supplies to its hospital and health posts soon, disease outbreaks are likely to occur.
Maternal and prenatal deaths are likely to increase and may even reach emergency levels.
No shipments of drugs or medical supplies have been authorised since September 2011, while MSF has encountered growing difficulties obtaining work and travel permits for its staff and transport options to and from Jebel Si have been cut.
MSF calls on the Government of Sudan to grant the necessary support so that it can resume its work and provide vital medical aid to the people of the region.