The humanitarian crisis in Sudan has intensified since the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) began on April 15, 2023. Starting in Khartoum, the conflict quickly spread across the country, including the Darfur and Kordofan regions. By 2024, nearly 25 million people—half of Sudan's population—need humanitarian assistance due to worsening economic conditions, severe food insecurity, and deteriorating health and nutrition, particularly among children under five and pregnant women. The conflict has severely disrupted essential services such as healthcare, education, and water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH), with numerous facilities destroyed. 

The MSNA seeks to fill critical information gaps on humanitarian needs through a country-wide representative household survey. The overall objective is to conduct multi-sectoral household surveys representative at the locality level across all 18 states of Sudan, providing a robust evidence-based analysis of the severity of needs country-wide to feed into and inform the 2025 Sudan Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan (HNRP). This assessment focused on key sectors, including Food Security and Livelihoods, Protection, Health, WASH, Emergency Shelter and Non-Food Items (ES/NFIs), Nutrition, Education, Mine Action, and Cash Assistance. Accurate data from the MSNA is crucial to effectively address the escalating crisis and prevent further deterioration of conditions for affected populations.

The MSNA 2024 was led by IOM-DTM, with the coordination of the Assessment and Analysis Working Group (AAWG) MSNA Technical Working Group (MSNA TWG) chaired by OCHA. Research design was led by IOM-DTM with inputs from AAWG MSNA TWG members. Data collection, processing and preliminary analysis were implemented by IOM-DTM. 

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