Health
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How Sudan’s Sanitation Systems Threaten Our Health and Environment
Jun 29, 2020‘The enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being’. It’s been over 70 years since these words were adopted in the Constitution of the World Health... -
Introducing Jalsaty: An Online Mental Health Counseling Platform
Jun 17, 2020Mental health has been a crucial topic in recent years. It’s even more crucial today as the world deals with a pandemic leaving people locked away in their homes as an attempt to curb the spread... -
Akram Altoum In The Spotlight
Jun 1, 2020In September 2019, Sudan began to form its first government since the overthrow of the longstanding former Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir and his regime. As Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok addressed the nation in a press conference... -
The Human Cost of Sudan’s Public Health State of Emergency
May 13, 2020On 16 March 2020, the Sovereign Council officially declared a public health state of emergency in an effort to contain the outbreak of COVID-19 in Sudan. The decision saw the country undergo a significant power shift,... -
An Expert’s View on Mental Illness Amid COVID-19: An Interview with Dr Eiman Mohammed
Apr 30, 2020With April coming to an end, the world is completing four months and entering a fifth month of battling the COVID-19 pandemic. The global outbreak has been an ordeal for health workers and medical professionals as... -
Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19
Apr 7, 2020COVID-19 has affected more than 200 countries and territories with more than 1.2 million confirmed cases, and at least 70,500 confirmed deaths. Cities are on lockdown, travel is banned, and people are asked to stay at... -
The Consequence of COVID-19 Pandemic I Didn’t See Coming
Mar 31, 2020COVID-19 made life a mess. It was the early work from home days. Restaurants were still accepting patrons. A Sudanese friend called me, frantic, begging to meet in person. I broke social distancing protocol because it... -
COVID-19 and the Sudanese Economy: A Wake-Up Call or Final Nail in the Coffin?
Mar 19, 2020Since its outbreak in Wuhan, China in December 2019, coronavirus (COVID-19) has been taking a gigantic toll on the global economy. It can be described as a trigger to a domino effect of a future economic... -
PTSD Concerns After Sudan Protests
Jul 25, 2019Since the Transitional Military Council (TMC) and the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) reached a power-sharing agreement on 5 June 2019, a much-needed grace period came into effect after eight months of ongoing protests – although protests... -
World Autism Month: Autism in Africa
Apr 30, 2019According to Autism Speaks, a non-profit which was founded in February 2005 by Bob and Suzanne Wright and grandparents to a child with autism, autism or autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a broad range of conditions characterised...