MSF has been providing urgent care to people wounded in the deadly violence at Tabarat market in Tawila locality, North Darfur.
MSF medical teams have treated 41 people in its Tawila health centre and five people in the MSF clinic in Kaguro since 2nd September. MSF has transferred 15 seriously wounded patients to Al-Fashir Teaching Hospital in the North Darfur capital, and has donated drugs for their care.
Since the incident, 520 displaced families from the Tarabat area have arrived in Tawila. To help them cope with immediate needs, MSF is providing them with clean drinking water and essential household items like plastic sheeting, ropes, blankets, mats, soap and jerry cans. Additionally, our counselors are providing support to displaced families to help them deal with anxiety and loss and informing people about support services available in the health centre.
MSF has been involved in several emergency responses in Sudan this year. In August, we set up a new clinic in Pagil, Jonglei State, to deal with an alarming increase in the number of patients infected with kala azar or visceral leishmaniasis. Following flooding in the Red Sea State in July, MSF provided household items and emergency food supplies to the affected communities. As a result of demonstrations in Al-Fashir in May, our medical teams provided additional support in the emergency room and operation theatre, and also donated emergency medical supplies, to Al-Fashir Teaching Hospital.
At present, MSF works in various locations in North Darfur. MSF runs a clinic in Kaguro, and provides a range of services in Shangil Tobaya, Tawila and Dar Zaghawa, including primary and secondary healthcare in Ministry of Health and MSF facilities, and through community health networks. Additionally MSF responds to emergencies as they arise. MSF first started working in Darfur in 1985, and has been working in the region continuously since 2004.
MSF is an independent medical humanitarian non-governmental organization, and works in over 60 countries. MSF teams assist people in distress irrespective of their religion, race or political beliefs.