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Sudan's Health System Faces Collapse Over Funding Cuts, MSF Warns
BBC · 2 weeks ago · Read the Full Story on BBC
AI SUMMARY
Doctors Without Borders has warned that Sudan's health system is on the verge of collapse due to a severe decline in international funding and ongoing conflict.
- Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned that international aid cuts have forced numerous medical facilities in Sudan to close.
- The expiration of USAID funding in June and reductions in European aid have left many health organizations without alternative funding.
- OECD data indicates that global aid decreased by 21.3 percent in 2025 compared to the previous year.
- More than 33 million people in Sudan require medical assistance as the civil war continues.
- In Central Darfur, funding was discontinued for 45 health centers in May, while patient numbers at MSF-supported facilities rose by 22.5 percent between January and April 2026.
- Attacks on health facilities in Sudan killed 1,620 people in 2025, representing 82 percent of all such deaths worldwide.
- Over 19.5 million people in Sudan are experiencing alarming food insecurity, with more than five million facing emergency hunger levels.
- A recent drone strike in the military-controlled city of Um Ruwaba in North Kordofan killed at least 11 people.
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