More than 1,600 people have been killed this year in attacks on health facilities across Sudan, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said at least 65 attacks on medical centres were documented since January, leaving hundreds more wounded.
The assaults, he said, strike at the heart of civilian survival, depriving communities of care, medicine and hope amid relentless conflict.
The latest attack occurred on Sunday, when a drone struck a military hospital in Diling, a key battleground in South Kordofan province.
Tedros said the strike killed nine people and wounded 17, further straining a health system already near collapse.
The casualties were part of at least 104 people killed across the Kordofan region since early December, according to the UN.
Health facilities have increasingly become targets, including a deadly October assault on the Saudi Hospital.
The WHO said gunmen killed at least 460 people there and abducted doctors and nurses, hollowing out lifesaving services.
Sudan descended into chaos in April 2023 after a power struggle between General Abdel Fattah al Burhan’s army and the RSF erupted into open war.
The conflict has killed more than 40,000 people, UN officials say, though aid groups warn the true toll is far higher.
More than 14 million people have fled their homes, as famine and disease spread through what is now the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.
