Sudan

In 2011, at the end of a 22-year civil war, Sudan divided into two countries: Sudan and South Sudan. In 2013, cultural, economic, and religious tensions re-ignited. Fighting erupted north of the new border in South Kordofan, between government armed forces and the Sudanese Peoples’ Liberation Movement-North. The Nuba Mountains became a conflict zone. Hundreds of thousands of people have fled their homes. There is very little access to health and humanitarian assistance in this region, except for Mother of Mercy Hospital.

MFH has been collaborating with the Diocese and Mother of Mercy Hospital (MMH), led by Dr. Tom Catena, to increase access and improve health care services, particularly for mothers and children in the South Kordofan region since 2014. The overall goal of this project is to reduce the child mortality rates in this area. This project provides clinic-based health services by developing and supporting 6 regional health clinics. It also provides community-based health services by developing and supporting a system of community health workers and birth attendants who provide services to 210,000 people in South Kordofan.