A plea for public health support for war-torn El Obeid, Sudan | Science

An ongoing public health crisis is unfolding in El Obeid, the capital of Sudan’s North Kordofan, where a protracted proxy war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has led to civilian casualties, infrastructure collapse, and mass displacement, leading to overcrowding in sites of refuge that increases the risk of infectious disease outbreaks. This health crisis will not follow the path of a traditional disease outbreak because it is complicated by the severe humanitarian and human rights violations unfolding concurrently (1).