Médecins Sans Frontières - Calls for help met with deafening silence in South Darfur ENG

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB195567

Date taken / Date Recorded 01/05/2024 12:00 AM

Expiration date 16/05/2029

Country Sudan

Commissioning section MSF-NETHERLANDS

Copyright MSF

Usage Rights (MSF) External Media, Social Media

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Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

Video format h264 (Main) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 2m3s

Maximum Size 1080px × 1920px 275.01 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist 00:00:02:03 - 00:00:02:29
The city center is

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completely destroyed.

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There's no electricity,

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there's no water.

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Also,the health system

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has been heavily affected.

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The biggest hospital

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is completely destroyed.

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In this situation,

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MSF is providing free health care,

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focusing on children, newborn,

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pregnant women,

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sexual and reproductive health,

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nutrition

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and emergency care

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in emergency rooms.

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We are here since January

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in Nyala.

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We are working

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in the Central hospital.

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We are working

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in another hospital

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outside of Nyala.

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We're working in

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primary health care units.

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We have opened health posts.

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The numbers of patients

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that we are seeing

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are increasing week by week.

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And we are concerned

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because the lean season,

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the season where

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the greatest hunger is happening

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is still to come.

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The rainy season

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will start in 2 to 3 months

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and the malaria cases

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that we are already seeing

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will for sure

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increase even further.

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The vaccination system in the state

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has completely broken down.

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There's more or less

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since one year,

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no routine vaccination

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happening anymore for newborns.

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Children that are brought to

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our hospitals are very sick

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because they're coming

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very late.

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There is no primary health

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care system functioning.

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Sometimes parents and mothers

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are traveling

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for 5 hours

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to bring their sick children

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to the hospital where we are.

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It is the only place that provides

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free health care for people.

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As a result, of course,

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it is very tragic,

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we also see

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a very high mortality

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in the hospital,

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which is about sometimes

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in some weeks, about 20%.

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One of the questions

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that I've been asked

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by many people

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is why is it

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that only MSF

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has returned to Nyala?

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Why is it that there's

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nobody else coming from

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the international community

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to support the people

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in South Darfur?!