Doctors Without Borders has warned that worsening conditions at Um Rakuba refugee camp in eastern Sudan are leaving thousands vulnerable as food, health care and humanitarian support continue to decline.
The camp hosts about 17,000 Ethiopian refugees, where hospitals are treating newborns for malaria and malnutrition while food rations have fallen to as little as 2.5 kilograms of wheat per person monthly.
The organization said funding cuts have reduced access to health care, clean water, sanitation and protection, while it remains the only provider of secondary medical care and support for survivors of sexual violence.
It warned that diseases including cholera, measles, malaria and meningitis continue to spread, as humanitarian agencies in and around the camp have fallen from about 35 to fewer than 10.
Doctors Without Borders urged donors to increase funding, warning that continued neglect will deepen avoidable suffering in Al-Qadarif, where conflict-driven displacement has already overwhelmed essential services.
