For some of the MSF activities on the ground, we do as we normally do. We're the providers of emergency medical care. We run our own health facilities. We work in conjunction with the ministry of health and with other actors where possible.
What's worth pointing out, for this context specifically, is the essential nature of the civil society organizations that exist on the ground right now. When we've talked about malnutrition and about the difficulty of access to food, a huge factor in the ability to do any food distribution has been the local soup kitchens, the local organizations. This exists somewhat outside the norm of the usual response in a lot of these sorts of contexts and conflicts.
I think it's worth pointing out the huge gap between the humanitarian needs and the ability of the international humanitarian sector to meet those needs. This is coming at a time when we've seen immense cuts overall to humanitarian assistance funding and to international aid. In some ways, that has affected activities and response efforts in Sudan directly. In other ways, it has been indirect, but the result is the same. There is a lack of a big international assistance response, so we do see a reliance on the smaller, more nimble, more effective local organizations.
