Close to 6 million people have fled their homes in Sudan as the conflict nears the six-month mark. Over 1.2 million refugees, asylum seekers and returnees1 have crossed borders in search of safety to the Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, and South Sudan.

Sudan’s neighbouring countries were already grappling with their own crises, including internal conflict, hunger and disease outbreaks, and there are severe funding gaps to respond to soaring humanitarian needs.

Fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces has continued for over two months, with ongoing violence in Khartoum, Kordofan, Darfur and Blue Nile. Since April, more than 2.8 million people have been forced into displacement, including 2.2 million internally-displaced.

UNFPA, as all humanitarian actors, is facing operational challenges as it scales up the response. Some 67 percent of hospitals, in areas affected by fighting, are closed and several maternity hospitals are out of action, including Omdurman Hospital, the largest referral hospital in Sudan.