Sudan
More assistance is needed for people in Darfur as thousands die every month from preventable and treatable diseases
WHO CONSOLIDATED APPEAL 2006
Sudan has the largest population of internally displaced people in the world; between 5.3 to 6.7 million, mainly in the South, around Khartoum, in Darfur and in the East of the country. Its epidemiological profile is marked by a heavy burden of endemic diseases, including a growing threat from HIV/AIDS, and high risk of epidemics and other natural disasters - the latest being the drought looming in Darfur and Kordofan and the looming risk of poor harvest in parts of Bahr al-Ghazal and Upper Nile. Life expectancy at birth is 58 years, and the disability-adjusted life expectancy is around 43 years.