UNICEF Sudan Humanitarian Situation Report: January 2025

Highlights

• In 2025, 30.4 million people require urgent assistance, a 23 per cent increase from 2024. 24 million people face acute food insecurity, with famine devastating five regions.
   
• More than 15.6 million children are affected. They face violence, including abuse and exploitation, forced displacement, malnutrition, and disease. Over three million children are at risk from deadly epidemics due to collapsing health systems. 17 million are out of school.
   
• In January, UNICEF delivered 2.6 million vaccine doses to immunise an estimated 147,159 children against 11 diseases: diphtheria, pertussis, hepatitis B, Haemophilus influenzae type B, tetanus, polio, measles, meningococcal A, yellow fever, pneumococcal disease, and rotavirus.
   
• In 2025, UNICEF requires US$ 1 billion to reach 13.1 million people, including 8.7 million children. Despite being the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, the response remains critically underfunded, putting the lives and well-being of vulnerable children and families at severe risk.