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U.N. allocates $5 million as Sudan cholera outbreak worsens; $50 million still required
Summary
The U.N. emergency relief coordinator allocated $5 million to scale up cholera response in Sudan but partners say $50 million is needed to sustain operations through 2025 as cases and deaths surge across nearly all states.
The United Nations announced a $5 million allocation to support urgent cholera response efforts in Sudan as the outbreak continues to worsen, but humanitarian officials warned that far more funding is needed.
Tom Fletcher, the U.N. emergency relief coordinator cited by the spokesperson, allocated $5,000,000 “to support the urgent response efforts,” the briefing said. U.N. humanitarian colleagues told reporters that partners require $50,000,000 to sustain cholera response operations through the end of 2025.
Since July of last year, Sudanese health authorities have reported more than 84,000 suspected cases and over 2,100 deaths across 17 of Sudan’s 18 states, the U.N. briefing said, with more than 33,000 cases recorded in the current year alone. The U.N. cautioned that underreporting may mask the true scale of the outbreak. More than 33,500,000 people, including about 5,700,000 children under age 5, were described in the briefing as at risk of cholera.
The U.N. said the outbreak is being driven by ongoing conflict, mass displacement and the collapse of public health and water systems, and warned that the rainy season running through October risks contaminating water sources and worsening the crisis. The briefing urged donors and the international community to scale up financial support “without delay.”
