After three years of conflict, Sudan faces a deeper health crisis

Key points

• After three years of war, Sudan now accounts for the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with 34 million people needing aid, 21 million lacking health services, and repeated attacks crippling a medical system already weakened by disease and hunger.
• While the situation is improving in some states, the health crisis is deepening in areas where fighting continues.
• Disease outbreaks and malnutrition are rising, while access to health services shrink, and funding falls short.
• “The war in Sudan is devastating lives and denying people their most basic rights, including health, water, food and safety.
• The health system has been crippled, leaving millions without essential health care,” said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General.