Support MSF's Emergency Work in Sudan and Around the Globe

Your gift to our General Fund today, can support our emergency medical relief efforts in Sudan and across more than 70 contexts around the globe. Allowing us to be where care is needed most.

Across Sudan, healthcare, nutrition, clean water and other basics for survival are in desperate need. As the situation becomes more desperate, local crises must reach near-catastrophic levels just to attract attention and unlock emergency funding.

At the height of the Ethiopian refugee response in 2021, around 35 national and international organizations were operating in and around Um Rakuba camp. Today, fewer than 10 remain.

Many relied heavily on UNHCR funding. As foreign aid budgets shrank, humanitarian services followed suit.

Protection referral pathways for the refugees have weakened, particularly for women and children, including unaccompanied minors. Water and sanitation shortfalls affect both the community and MSF’s hospital. Refugees report reductions in food assistance, while treatment interruptions at primary healthcare facilities are leading to more severe medical complications by the time patients reach MSF.

Refugees currently receive about four kilograms of wheat per person per month, dropping to around two-and-a-half kilograms in some months. In early 2023, before the war in Sudan broke out in April, they received around 14 kilograms.

There are also not enough latrines and shelter remains inadequate.

MSF remains the only provider of secondary healthcare and comprehensive services for sexual and gender-based violence in the camp. Access to HIV, tuberculosis and neglected tropical disease care remains severely constrained, while recurrent outbreaks of cholera, measles, malaria and meningitis continue to threaten communities in vulnerable situations.

Sudanese local organizations continue to provide crucial support, often with extremely limited resources. Their contribution is essential, but they cannot replace a fully funded humanitarian response.

By donating to MSF today, you will help ensure that we can deliver emergency medical care to people caught in crises around the world.

Thank you for your generosity.