A Sudanese medical network has issued a warning of an impending humanitarian disaster threatening more than 100,000 displaced people in the Blue Nile State in southeastern Sudan, as the rainy season approaches.
The Sudan Doctors Network expressed deep concern in a statement over the deteriorating humanitarian conditions of displaced people in Damazin, where around 10 displacement centers are sheltering over 100,000 people.
Children make up 40% of the displaced population, while women and the elderly account for 60% of those who fled the conflict in Kurmak and Qeisan, living under extremely harsh conditions.
The network confirmed that the crisis worsened following the incursion of the Rapid Support Forces into Kurmak and surrounding areas, triggering large waves of displacement and leaving thousands of civilians in dire humanitarian conditions.
It added that displaced people are facing the spread of disease, severe shortages of food and clean water, and a major decline in healthcare services within shelters.
The network warned that the approaching rainy season could lead to a full-scale humanitarian catastrophe, with a heightened risk of epidemics due to weak health infrastructure and the absence of urgent interventions to improve living and health conditions.
It called on international organizations and humanitarian actors to intervene immediately to provide food, medicine, and clean water, strengthen healthcare services, and ensure protection for civilians—especially the most vulnerable groups—from the worsening humanitarian crisis.
