GENEVA, Nov 12 (KUNA) -- UN Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Representative in Sudan Luca Renda revealed on Tuesday a decline in food security of Sudan's urban households from 54 before the war to 20 percent, creating the worst malnutrition in the country across the globe.
Renda announced this during a report on the devastating effects of the war on daily life of urban households prepared by the UNDP and International Food Policy Research Institute.
Via videoconference from Port Sudan during a news conference in Geneva, Renda said 76 percent of population in Sudan's urban areas has not received any aid at all, and this refers to a severe shortage in humanitarian aid.
Some 70 percent of those families have children who no longer go to school, and this shows a tangible deterioration in Sudan's education sector, he said.
Opportunities of getting healthcare sharply declined as well, as one family in seven could get this service, he elaborated.
He referred that unemployment rates are projected to surpass 45 percent by the end of this year, noting that 18 percent of population has no work compared to 1.6 percent before the conflict.
He said short-term humanitarian relief is insufficient to address social and economic crises in Sudan, which needs a long-term plan focusing on enhancing economic capacity of families and improving services. (end) amk.asm.hm