Posted on 9 August, 2012
The rainy season has turned these camps into nightmarish places to be a refugee. Access roads are disintegrating and it is a struggle to improve living conditions. This is causing a catastrophic health situation. While MSF can continue providing treatment, a huge increase of aid is needed to avoid much more illness and death, especially of children….The situation requires all organizations to work in full emergency mode right now.
Bart Janssens, MSF operations director
Sudanese refugees living in appalling conditions in camps in South Sudan are falling ill and dying at rates alarmingly above accepted international standards for emergencies.