Sudan: Health System Collapse and Disease Surge Amid Ongoing Conflict and Displacement (2026)
Recent Developments
01February 2026: WHO reports four attacks on health centers and hospitals in one month, including three in Kordofan killing dozens and one on Al Mazm Hospital in Sar State
02December 2025: Health system sustained by volunteer efforts amid total collapse risks, with dialysis units like Burri Health Center ceasing operations in Khartoum
03Late 2025: War reaches nearly 1,000 days, driving largest global percentage of health sector attack-related deaths
Interventions
- WHO supporting health authorities with response to disease outbreaks, shortages, and attacks in accessible central regions like Khartoum and Al-Jazira
- Aid organizations and volunteers providing limited services in Khartoum and conflict zones, including hospital reopenings like Bahri Hospital amid economic struggles
What Works
- Reopening hospitals in military-controlled areas like Khartoum and Al-Jazira, where life and some health services are normalizing despite overall collapse
How to Help
- Donate to organizations like WHO and MSF working on Sudan's health crisis
- Advocate for protection of health facilities and increased humanitarian funding
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UNHCR is mitigating flood risks in Rohingya refugee camps by pre-positioning humanitarian supplies such as tarpaulins, rope to secure shelters, sleeping mats, water purification tablets, and jerrycans ahead of the monsoon season to protect displaced populations from floods and landslides.
Project HOPE tackles the global mental health crisis by prioritizing mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) services, advocating for accessible, culturally appropriate, community-based, and person-centered care to shift from institutional models. They integrate mental health into schools and primary care to reduce treatment gaps, invest in workforce development through training in psychological first aid, trauma-informed care, and self-care, and promote digital and tele-mental health solutions to reach underserved communities.
UNFPA delivers sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and gender-based violence (GBV) services across all 18 states of Sudan via mobile clinics, static facilities, and women and girls’ safe spaces. From January to June 2025, they supported over 127,000 individuals with medical and SRH services and assisted 12,500 births, targeting the devastated health systems in conflict zones like Khartoum and Darfur.
