761 - The Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan
Public Health On Call
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
4.6 • 644 Ratings
🗓️ 20 May 2024
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
Armed internal conflict in Sudan has created a humanitarian crisis with millions of people displaced both internally and to neighboring countries. Dr. Salim Mohamednour, a medical epidemiologist with expertise in emergency response and the national health coordinator at the WHO country office in Sudan, talks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the unfolding catastrophe and what needs to be done. Special thanks to Aseel Salih, Hassan Salih, and Laila Zomorodian, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health students who assisted with the production of this podcast. A note that Dr. Mohamednour is not representing the WHO on the podcast. Content warning: this episode contains depictions of violence. Listeners interested in contributing can consider supporting the World Food Program, the Sudanese American Physicians Association, and Sadagaat.
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| 1:35.8 | Today, the humanitarian crisis in Sudan. Dr. Salem Muhammad Noor is a medical epidemiologist |
| 1:42.7 | with expertise and emergency response. |
| 1:45.7 | He's also the national health coordinator at the World Health Organization country office in |
| 1:50.4 | Sudan. Just to note that he's not representing the World Health Organization in this podcast. |
| 1:56.5 | Dr. Muhammad Noor speaks with Dr. Josh Sharfstein about the unfolding catastrophe affecting millions of people as a result of armed internal conflict in his country. |
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