Sudan
Our work there at a glance:
- Medical care
- Construction & operation of a hospital complex
- Further training for local staff
- Deployment of emergency physicians, nurses
- Vaccination program for children
Our goal
Medical care for people who have fled from war and violence to the Nuba Mountains.
Work between war and peace
Sudan has been the stage of armed conflict for years. How do you react when bombs are suddenly dropped on the hospital? Nurse Johannes Plate reports on work in the war zone.
Latest news
Project reports
A bloody war has been raging in Sudan for over a year, forcing more than 13 million people to flee their homes. The country is now facing one of the world's most severe famines.
“A Humanitarian Catastrophe is Taking Place in Sudan”
Bernd Göken, Managing Director of Cap Anamur / Deutsche Not-Ärzte e.V. reports on the current situation in Sudan on Deutschlandfunk radio.
Sudan conflict | The need for humanitarian aid is higher than ever before
The armed conflict in Sudan is increasingly leading to a humanitarian catastrophe. Cap Anamur continues to support the medical care of the people with the hospital in the Nuba Mountains.
Since the outbreak of armed conflict in Sudan, more than three million people have fled within the country. Hundreds of thousands have sought refuge in the Nuba Mountains. The supply situation for the refugees and especially for the children becomes more and more catastrophic.
Conflict in Sudan | Cap Anamur supplies internally displaced people
More than 100,000 people have fled to the Nuba Mountains due to the conflict in Sudan. Cap Anamur takes care of their medical needs.
Women in Sudan – Cap Anamur Improves Women’s Health
Deployed midwives or gynecologists are regularly on duty at our hospital in Sudan. They assist in the care of pregnant women and provide obstetric care. They also train local midwives, who now provide professional care for many of the births.
Key health data
Life expectancy
65/61 years
(women/men)
Infant mortality
49
per 1,000 births
Doctors
0,3
per 1,000 inhabitants
Cap Anamur engagement in Sudan.
1985 – 1992 1997 – today
The situation in Sudan
Political situation
For decades, Sudan has been the scene of armed conflict between the official government and rebel groups. The secession of an independent South Sudan from the North in 2011 intensified the fighting, especially in the border province of South Kordofan. The Uprising movement led to the removal of the president in 2019 and a new transitional government made up of civilians and the military. However, a new coup by the military in 2021 has aggravated the situation again.
Social situation.
The civilian population is suffering most from the fighting between rebels and government troops, fleeing their home villages, which are often under fire, and seeking shelter in the caves of the Nuba Mountains. However, lack of food, low water reserves and poor medical care quickly turn life in the mountains into a struggle for survival.
Cap Anamur has been providing basic medical care in the Nuba Mountains since 1997 with its own hospital in Lwere, treating over 200,000 people annually.
Fight for Freedom – The Forgotten War in the Nuba Mountains. Many people from the surrounding villages have fled to the caves near Tongoli because of the bombing terror.
Our engagement in Sudan
In 1997, we built a hospital in the middle of the Nuba Mountains, which Cap Anamur still runs today and continues to develop both structurally and medically. By now, it has become a well-functioning hospital complex with an outpatient clinic, operating room, laboratory and a newly built maternity ward, as well as 3 other clinics within a radius of 150 km. We offer our patients a wide range of counselling and treatment services as well as the possibility of being admitted as inpatients in the event of serious illnesses and, if necessary, of being operated on and receiving follow-up care. The doctors and nurses deployed by us permanently train the local staff in all specialist areas.
With now 3 outposts within a radius of about 150 kilometres, we were able to expand our help significantly.
200,000 patients
In total, we reach over 200,000 patients a year with our work in Sudan.
every 6 months
We replenish the medication stocks every six months with a large delivery.
> 42,000 vaccinated children
We run an area-wide vaccination program, immunizing over 42,000 children annually against polio, measles, tuberculosis, diphtheria, pertussis, hepatitis and tetanus.
What happens next
After a lot had happened politically in the Nuba Mountains in 2020, the years-long conflict escalated again in 2023. A brutal war has been raging in Sudan ever since. The Nuba Mountains have not yet been affected by active warfare. We are therefore able to continue operating our hospital, one of the last functioning health facilities. As an integral part of the local community, we will continue to assist the local population with our basic health care services. Whether we can expand our radius of action to include new areas will depend on the threat situation at the time. It is clear that in 2024 we will again be sending highly qualified medical professionals to the project to provide further training for local employees. In addition, we will undertake further construction measures at the hospital complex.
