The largest country in Africa; a 20-year civil war between the Arab Muslim government in the North and the mostly black-Christian-Animist South fighting for independence; a whole region, Darfur, shattered and bowed by a war that has degenerated into one of the worst conflicts in Africa.

Life expectancy stands at 55 years, infant mortality for those under five is around 10.7%; 50% of the population has no access to life-saving drugs and the doctor-patient ratio is 16:100,000.

In Spring 2004, EMERGENCY began working in North Darfur, supporting the hospitals of Mellit and Al Fashir.

In 2005 EMERGENCY opened a Pediatric Clinic providing free health care for children in the Mayo Internally Displaced Persons camp, on the outskirts of the capital city, Khartoum.

Since April 2007, a regional Centre for Cardiac Surgery is working in Soba, 20 kilometres from the capital Khartoum, in order to provide highly specialized medical and surgical assistance free of charge for patients from Sudan and neighbouring countries.