Geographical Locations - Sudan

• (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor: 9,369
• CIA World Factbook : Sudan

Organisations and Networks

UN and Multinational

• FAO
  - Nutrition Country Profile - Republic of the Sudan
• United Nations Mission in Sudan
• WHO
  - WHO Country Profile - Sudan
  - WHO Country Office in Sudan
  - WHO - Tobacco control: Country Profile - Sudan
  - WHO - Environmental Burden of Disease: Country Profile – Sudan
• WHO - Regional Office EMRO in Cairo (Egypt)

Government

• Embassy of the Republic of Sudan, Washington D.C.
• Republic of The Sudan, Ministry of Health

Non-Government

• Care in Sudan
  CARE is an independent humanitarian organisation working to end world poverty. CARE International began its work in Sudan in 1979 and in South Sudan in 1993. This site provides details of Care's projects in Sudan as well as access to country statistics, media releases and stories about CARE experiences in Sudan.
• Darfur Information Center
  The main objectives of Darfur Information Center is to achieve the following: - Provide balanced views and news about the current events in Darfur; Provide general information about Darfur history, culture, geography, for Sudanese and non-Sudanese; Serve as an advocacy organization that promotes peaceful co-existences between various ethnic groups of Darfur; Expose the atrocities and human rights abuses committed ; Provide political solutions for the current political turmoil in Darfur within a unified Sudan.
• Darfur Peace and Development Organization
  Darfur Peace and Development Organization is nonprofit and nonsectarian. It seeks to restore reconciliation where conflict exists in the Darfur region of Sudan through humanitarian aid and services to the needy people in the region, without regard to race, religion, sex or national origin. This website has been built and published by Darfur Peace and Development Organization ( DPADO). DPADO is nonprofit organization committed to promote and restore peace and sustainable development in Darfur, Western Sudan in Africa.
• IRC in Sudan
  The IRC has been one of the largest providers of humanitarian aid in Sudan for more than 20 years. Today, the organisation works across the country, delivering emergency relief, rehabilitation and development assistance, in addition to helping Sudanese refugees throughout the region.
• MSF in Sudan
  Médecins Sans Frontières is the world's leading independent humanitarian organisation for medical aid. Annually, some 3,000 volunteer doctors, nurses and support staff work in trouble spots around the world helping those living on the edge of human tolerance. This site provides information on MSF's involvement in Sudan.
• Sudan Organisation Against Torture
  "Sudan Organisation Against Torture (SOAT) is an independent non-governmental human rights organisation established in 1993 working in Sudan and UK and has members worldwide. SOAT primary objective is preventing torture and challenging impunity. SOAT works to rehabilitate Sudanese survivors of torture; provides legal assistance to survivors and individuals threatened with inhumane and degrading punishments; human rights education; researches, documents and campaigns against human rights abuses in Sudan on a national and international level."
• SudanReeves.org
  This site links to electronically published analytic briefs and advocacy writings on Sudan by Eric Reeves. These have been organized chronologically, and include all electronic publications since the signing of the historic Machakos Protocol (July 2002). There are separate links for publications in 2005 and 2006. Eric Reeves is a professor of English Language and Literature at Smith College in the United States and has written extensively on Sudan.
• War Child Projects in Sudan
  War Child is an international agency providing both short-term emergency relief and long-term rehabilitation programs to improve the living conditions and mental health of war affected children. This site outlines the organisation's projects in Sudan.

Academic Institutions

• Ahfad University for Women
  A private university in Sudan dedicated to educating women, strengthening women's roles in national and rural development, and achieving equity for women in Sudanese society.

National Policy and Related Documents

• National Policy on HIV/AIDS
• Policy document for post-conflict health in Sudan
• Sudan National Health Policy, 2007
• Sudan's National Policy towards voluntary sector in health
• The National Strategy for Reproductive Health, 2006 ~2010
• Nutrition Policy for Sudan and Strategy for Implementation, 16 April 2006

Reports, Guidelines, and Projects

• A survey on HIV/AIDS in Sudan
  “At the moment there is quite a considerable lack of data information about HIV/AIDS in Sudan… Inadequate HIV/AIDS surveillance and behaviour surveillance in Sudan make it very difficult to describe patterns and trends of this diverse epidemic, especially among risk groups like sex workers, men having sex with men and drug users. Lack of data could be an important constraint in management of HIV/AIDS in Sudan… For the purpose of management of HIV/AIDS prevention and care and monitoring and evaluating of projects it is essential that more reliable data will become soon at hand.” This 2007 paper by Maureen Engelbrecht for the Christian organisation Prisma aims to try to redress this dearth of information.
• Availability and use of emergency obstetric services: Kenya, Rwanda, Southern Sudan, and Uganda
  The article summarises the baseline assessments of emergency obstetric care (EmOC) carried out in Uganda, Kenya, Southern Sudan, and Rwanda in 2003 and 2004. Objectives: Our objectives were to: (1) set up program baselines on the availability and utilization of EmOC services in these countries; (2) identify gaps and obstacles in providing EmOC services; and (3) make recommendations to governments based on evidence generated. Methods: Data were collected from clinical record reviews, provider and client interviews, observations, and focus group discussions. Either random or universal sampling was applied in the selection of health facilities assessed. Local nurses and midwives participated in the data collection and, to some extent, data processing and analysis. Results: The coverage of basic EmOC services ranged 0—1.1/500,000 population compared to the UN-recommended level of 4/ 500,000. The coverage of comprehensive EmOC services ranged 0.5—4.3/500,000 compared to the recommended level of 1/500,000. Between 0.6% and 8.8% of all births took place in EmOC facilities, and 2.1% and 18.5% of all expected direct obstetric complications were treated. Cesarean section as a proportion of all births was between 0.1% and 1%. Shortage of trained staff especially mid-level providers, poor basic infrastructure such as lack of electricity and water supplies, inadequate supply of drugs and essential equipment, poor working conditions and staff morale, lack of communication and referral facilities, cost of treatment, and lack of accountability and proper management were identified as the main obstacles in providing 24-h quality EmOC services especially in remote and rural areas. Conclusions: Lack of basic EmOC services limits women’s access to life-saving services during obstetric complications. To reduce maternal mortality ratio the states and development partners need to focus their effort to improve the coverage, quality, and utilization of EmOC services through supportive national policy, effective program strategies, increased budget allocation to maternal health program, rural infrastructure development, and regular monitoring, and evaluation of progress. [author abstract] [International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics (2005) 88, 208-215]
• Forced Migration Review Special Issue - Prospects for Peace in Sudan
  This special issue of the Forced Migration Review No.24, November 2005 examines the possibility of peace after decades of war in Sudan. Articles look at the issues that continue to divide Sudan, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement signedin Nairobi and at the implications for health, education and the role of women.
• Mapping of human resources for health in Sudan
  Published in December 2005 by the Eastern Mediterranean Region of WHO
• Prospects for Peace in the Sudan, Justice Africa 2005
  This report is provided by Justice Africa, a non-governmental group working with a network of organisations based in different countries in Africa, initiating and supporting civil society activities for human rights, democracy, and peace in Africa.
• Sudan Annual Needs Assessment 2006, Food Security Report Overview and Recommendations
  A collaborative report of World Food Programme (WFP), The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), Government of Sudan and Government of Southern Sudan Counterparts, this report provides an overview of the food security situation in Sudan.
• UNHCR Chad/Darfur Emergency
  This site provides details of the UNHCR's activities in response to the humanitarian emergency in Sudan's Darfur region which has seen thousands of refugees flee conflict to camps in neighbouring Chad.
• UNHCR's Position on Sudanese Asylum Seekers from Darfur
  Since the last UNHCR return advisory for Sudan (dated November 2001), there have been major developments in the country which have impacted upon the situation of displacement within the country. This new position partly updates the November 2001 advisory, and thereby replaces that portion of it relating to Darfur.

Educational Resources

• CDC - Travel Information : Central Africa
• Forced Migration Online: Country Guide Sudan Feb 2006
  This Forced Migration Online Research Guide outlines the key issues affecting forced migration in Sudan. It provides an historical perspective as well as examining the current plight of both internal and external refugees and future prospects. It also provides a bibliography of non-electronic and electronic resources on the subject.
• Library of Congress Country Study: Sudan