More than a third of Sudan’s health facilities are now out of service as the country’s war continues to devastate vital medical infrastructure.
The World Health Organization said Friday that 37% of health facilities across Sudan are completely non-operational this year.
WHO official Altaf Musani said relentless violence has severely damaged lifesaving health services across all 18 states.
Globally, more than 900 attacks on health care have been reported since January, killing at least 900 people across 29 conflict-affected countries.
Hospitals, ambulances and medical clinics have come under repeated attack, cutting millions of people off from urgent health care.
Musani said each destroyed hospital or clinic leaves countless patients without access to emergency treatment, surgery and other essential services.
He called for an immediate end to the violence and stressed that health workers must never be considered legitimate targets.
Sudan remains at the centre of the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with about 34 million people in need of assistance.
Medical infrastructure continues to collapse as fighting intensifies across Kordofan, Darfur and Blue Nile.
The war between Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces has killed tens of thousands of people since fighting began in April 2023.
