Sudan Conflict
Situation Report #18
May 7, 2024

SITUATION UPDATEFAST FACTS•

One year since the conflict erupted,
more than 8.7 million people have fled
their homes, including 4.6 million
children.

•More than one-third of the country’s
population is facing acute hunger and isunder a warning of potential famine, asreported by the Famine Early Warning
Systems Network.

•A staggering 4.9 million children under 5
and pregnant and nursing women are
estimated to be acutely malnourished.
Out of the 4.9 million, about 730,000
children are suffering from severe acutemalnutrition.

•Nearly 9 out of 10 people facing
extreme hunger are in conflict-affectedareas.

Abrar and her sister Buthaina wait to receive hygiene kits distributed byInternational Medical Corps at an IDP gathering point in Sinja, Sennar.

A year on from the outbreak of conflict, Sudan is experiencing adevastating humanitarian crisis. The humanitarian needs are some ofthe highest worldwide, with a looming famine and more than 8 million
people displaced.
Alarmingly, 17.7 million people—more than one-third of the country’s
population—are facing acute food insecurity, according to the Famine
Early Warning Systems Network and the Integrated Food Security
Phase Classification (IPC) alert for Sudan, with 4.9 million people on thebrink of famine. Almost 9 out of 10 people at emergency levels of hunger(IPC 4) are in the conflict-affected areas of Al Jazirah, Darfur, Khartoumand Kordofan. With the onset of the lean season from April onwards,
food insecurity is expected to worsen. Al Jazirah and Khartoum states,
as well as greater Darfur and greater Kordofan, are expected to facecatastrophic outcomes if the conflict gets worse, resulting in sustained
displacement and limited to no humanitarian access to populations inneed. Of greatest concern are North Darfur and Khartoum states,
including Omdurman locality, as well as areas in greater Darfur hostinghuge numbers of IDPs in overcrowded camps.

OUR FOOTPRINT•

International Medical Corps has
provided critical health, nutrition,protection, mental health andpsychosocial support (MHPSS), andwater, sanitation and hygiene (WASH)
services in Sudan since 2004.
OUR RESPONSE•Serving 72 nationwide health facilities
potentially accessed by more than
2.7 million people, International Medical
Corps delivers health, MHPSS, nutrition,and WASH services to conflict-affectedcommunities.

•International Medical Corps operates a
network of 64 nutrition centers formalnourished children with lifethreatening medical complications.

As food insecurity increases, the nutrition situation continues todeteriorate. A staggering 4.9 million children under 5 and pregnant andnursing women are estimated to be acutely malnourished and needurgent lifesaving assistance. This is a 22% increase compared to 2023. Of the 4.9 million, about 730,000 children are
suffering from severe acute malnutrition. 1International Medical Corps Response
In response to the food insecurity crisis in Sudan, International Medical Corps is running nutrition services in 64 healthfacilities, including outpatient therapeutic program (OTP) sites, targeted supplementary feeding program (TSFP) sites anda stabilization center (SC) in seven states (Blue Nile, Central Darfur, South Darfur, West Darfur, Khartoum, Sennar and1 Sudan Humanitarian Update (25 April 2024)

South Kordofan). According to the National Nutrition
Cluster Classification of the locations of priority, basedon the IPC across 190 localities in Sudan, 40% of thesites targeted by International Medical Corps areclassified as IPC 4, 45% as IPC 3 and 15% as IPC 2.
In the face of this daunting food crisis, International
Medical Corps’ nutrition team has admitted 616
children between 6–59 months with severe acutemalnutrition (SAM) without medical complications into
the OTP for treatment and 277 children with moderateacute malnutrition (MAM) into our TSFP for treatment
across our functional nutrition centers. We also
admitted 70 children with SAM with medicalcomplications into SCs for treatment.
International Medical Corps is planning to reach tens ofthousands of people, focusing especially on children
Zainab, a two-year-old malnourished child, sits on her grandmother'sand women, at risk of malnutrition with our lifesaving
lap enjoying ready-to-use therapeutic food, marking the start of her
nutrition services in 2024. To bolster our nutrition
program and mitigate malnutrition, plans are underway treatment plan.
to form an additional 70 mother-support groups, which
will be instrumental in fostering best practices for maternal and child nutrition. We also plan to provide a targeted
counseling program to offer support to pregnant women and caregivers of young children, ensuring that essential
nutritional guidance is accessible both in health facilities and community environments.
During March and April 2024, International Medical Corps trained 128 nutrition staff (35 men and 93 women) working at
our health facilities across Sudan on key infant and young-child feeding practice messages, SAM and MAM management,
community mobilization, case screening, referral, reporting and inpatient care management for children between 0–59
months with SAM with medical complications.
Since the conflict erupted, International Medical Corps also has provided affected communities with a wide range ofessential services, including health, mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), nutrition, and water, sanitation andhygiene (WASH) services. We continue collaborating with local authorities and international actors to assess and address
evolving humanitarian needs.
Since April 2023, International Medical Corps has provided 473,224 medical consultations, addressing various healthconcerns in the community. Our educational sessions, which cover nutrition, hygiene, reproductive health and mental
health topics, have reached 74,955 participants. To promote awareness of important health issues, we have conductedawareness-raising campaigns on hygiene and antenatal care (ANC), reaching 85,184 people. We have delivered 34,919
vaccinations to safeguard children and pregnant women against vaccine-preventable diseases. We have helped 1,482
children through the OTP, where we address cases of SAM. We have helped support 51,549 ANC visits for women,safely delivered 7,323 newborns and provided such essential services as skilled birth attendance, emergency obstetriccare and newborn care. Following delivery, we've facilitated postnatal care (PNC) visits for 5,659 women, offering themnecessary follow-up services and support. Furthermore, we have conducted 1,950 MHPSS consultations for people
suffering from stress and trauma.
During March 2024, International Medical Corps supported 72 health facilities and nine stabilization centers nationwide.
Our teams provided 86,285 medical consultations, assisted with 1,542 deliveries and provided 920 mothers and newborns
with PNC consultations, while 12,040 women attended ANC visits. We delivered 6,661 immunizations and supported 321
people with MHPSS services. We reached 33,908 people through group education sessions and awareness-raisingsessions.