North Darfur, Sudan - We called but no one came and two months later we remain completely alone there: MSF International President Dr. Christos Christou

Anis Salem shared the statement of the MSF International President

See the full statement by clicking here.

The ​Sudan situation looks terrible.
Lots of stories in the news on hunger, with MSF asking UN to do more (what’s new?!).
Having spent 6 years in Sudan, I feel our efforts have been wasted. Very sad.
​Anis

Excerpts:
Statement of Dr. Dr Christos Christou, MSF International President

"Across Sudan, women are dying because of complications during pregnancy or childbirth... This can all be prevented if humanitarian actors scale up and have sufficient safe access.”

"In February, we called urgently for an immediate, coordinated and rapid scale-up of the humanitarian response in North Darfur – led by the UN – in order to save lives. We called for food distributions to resume as a matter of urgency. We called for cash distributions so that people could buy food in the markets. We called for health providers to return and provide treatment. And we called for the provision of clean water so that people no longer had to go to the swamps and rivers to quench their thirst. But no-one came and – two months later – we remain almost completely alone there."

"We urge e UN to use their influence and leadership in this crisis to ensure the parties to the conflict fulfil these obligations, and to initiate a rapid scale-up of the humanitarian response as a matter of urgency."