Sudan Relief Work Continues as Humanitarian Crisis Grows

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The escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan hasleft relief groups in danger of running out of critical medicines andsuppliesfor tens of thousands of people. AmeriCares has responded with grantsand shipments of medicines to help treat patients with seriousinfections, malaria, pain and deadly diseases.  Ongoing clashes have resulted in a massive influxof refugees - mostly women and children - in camps throughout Sudan, creatingan immediate need for chronic care medicines. AmeriCares has developed a strategic plan to placecrucial medicines and supplies where they are most needed, to ease thesuffering of innocent people living in unthinkable conditions: A${esc.dollar}100K AmeriCares grant to a partner in North Darfur,  supplied desperately needed antibiotics andmedicines that helped treat 15,712people, including 12,848 children under age five, and 1,957 pregnant women. In Westand South Darfur, AmeriCares procured${esc.dollar}65,000 in products for one of our partners to fill critical gaps for clinics needing drugsto treat pneumonia, meningitis and diarrheal diseases prevalent in crowdedrefugee camps. In SouthSudan, AmeriCares pre-positioned medicines and medical supplies to deliver to our partner, who stored them where they couldquickly be deployed in case of outbreaks of violence resulting from theregion's referendum for independence.  The medicines enabled them to continue crucial healthcare initiativeswithout exhausting supplies. According to a logistics coordinator for our partner in South Sudan, "The AmeriCares medicines arrived before the start of the rainy season,which often brings a rise in diseases. All items were very useful, especiallythe antibiotics to treat acute respiratory tract infections, one of the sevenhigh impact areas of our project."  While our most recent deliveries made a difference in the lives ofmany, millions of people still remain at risk of ongoing violence andinstability.  AmeriCares remains committed to helping the people ofSudan as long as our support is needed in this troubled region. Read Stories of Hope and Survival >>