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Day 19

Medicine for two malaria therapies for children in the Nuba Mountains

A treatment that saves lives A treatment that saves lives

Medicine for two malaria therapies for children in the Nuba Mountains
Day 19
Malaria therapies for children in Sudan

For decades, Sudan has been the scene of armed conflicts between the official government and rebel groups. The fighting is particularly detrimental to the civilian population, who are fleeing their home villages and seeking shelter in the caves of the Nuba Mountains, which lie directly on the border with South Sudan. However, a lack of food, low water reserves and poor medical care quickly turn life in the mountains into a struggle for survival. "The longer I am here, the more I realise that we are probably in the most desolate place on earth," says Kathrin Baumgartner, a doctor in the Nuba Mountains.

Malaria therapies for children in Sudan
need
Malaria therapy for infected children in the Nuba Mountains in Sudan.
activity
Cap Anamur buys the medicine and supplies it to the hospital in the Nuba Mountains to provide free care to infected children.
Measurable performance
Number of medications purchased and used.
Result
Children whose parents could not have afforded the therapy receive treatment.
Systemically relevant impact
Fewer malaria-related deaths among children and improved health outcomes.
background

The Nuba Mountains have been characterized by a long-term war. After the founding of South Sudan, the second Sudan War broke out. The rebels of the Sudanese Liberation Army are fighting against the national government based in the capital Khartoum and are demanding more rights of participation and involvement of the region and its people. The government of Sudan repeatedly bombs rebel positions as well as civilian facilities in the Nuba Mountains.

Medical care in the Nuba Mountains is difficult and transporting medicines to the contested area is difficult. A hospital was therefore built in the mountains 20 years ago, which is still in operation today and is regularly expanded. With six outposts within a radius of around 100 kilometers of the hospital, a medical network for the population has been established.

Even today, many people in the region still suffer from malaria infections. Every year, medical staff even record an increase in malaria infections in the Nuba Mountains. Children are particularly affected by the disease. The disease begins with high fever, aching limbs and chills and can lead to death without treatment. The young patients are often admitted in a critical condition due to the long distances and the security situation. Last year alone, hospital staff treated around 74,000 children, of whom 27,314 were admitted with malaria infection.

Nuba-Berge, Sudan
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The good deed

Your donation will enable children in the Nuba Mountains to receive timely treatment with the urgently needed malaria therapy. Even though the drug treatment is not expensive, it is often unaffordable for the population in the Nuba Mountains. This good deed will enable the Cap Anamur team to continue to treat children with malaria infection with life-saving medicine free of charge in the hospital and the outposts in the Nuba Mountains. At the same time, patients will be informed about preventive measures. This will help ensure that one day, hopefully, no more children in the Nuba Mountains will have to die from malaria infection.

AboutSudan
Khartoum
Khartoum
Capital city
36 729 501
36 729 501
Population
4.119
4.119
Gross domestic product per capita per year
167
167
Human Development Index (Human Development Index)

The Nuba Mountains are an area in southern Sudan. Their rock formations serve as natural protection for the residents from regular air raids and warring parties.

About the organization and further information

organization

Cap Anamur/German Emergency Doctors eV

Website

http://www.cap-anamur.org

Transparent Civil Society Initiative

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