Child mortality rates have risen sharply in the malnutrition centers due to food shortages in the city of Dilling in Sudan’s South Kordofan state.
The Dilling Malnutrition Child Care Campaign revealed on Sunday, in a statement obtained by Radio Tamazuj, that the increase in the mortality rates—now reaching two deaths per day—was a result of the collapse of the food supply system. The campaign reported that the centers had admitted more than 76 new cases.
The campaign issued an urgent appeal to organizations and individuals for immediate intervention to provide therapeutic supplements, including milk, Plumpy’Nut, and Plumpy’Sup.
A member of the Malnutrition Child Care Campaign, Dr Ibrahim Khamis Noreen, told Radio Tamazuj that the centers had admitted more than 60 cases of severe malnutrition.
“We remain committed to the campaign’s efforts,” he said.
Noreen explained that severe cases were no longer responding to regular food treatments, which necessitates urgent intervention to provide nutritional supplements, noting that the supplements were unavailable in Dilling.