Sudan: Survey concludes deaths in Darfur exceed the emergency threshold

A mortality survey has just been conducted by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Sudan's Ministry of Health in two of the States in Sudan's Darfur region. It concludes that death rates amongst internally displaced people still surpass the threshold for a humanitarian emergency, underscoring the need for urgent increases in, and focus on, assistance to displaced people in the region. Results show that displaced people, in North and West Darfur are dying at between three and six times the expected rate.