Sudan’s healthcare system on brink of collapse, MSF warns

More than a third of Sudan’s health facilities are nonoperational as aid cuts deepen humanitarian crisis, medical charity says.Published On 8 Sep 20268 Sep 2026War-torn Sudan’s healthcare system is facing a deep crisis as international aid funding has dwindled, cutting millions off from essential services, Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, has warned.The medical charity said on Tuesday that a greater number of patients are being pushed towards a shrinking number of facilities, even as certain regions have seen intensifying violence and displacement with the country’s war escalating.Recommended Stories list of 2 itemslist 1 of 2Water crisis makes life in Sudan’s El Obeid refugee camps even worselist 2 of 2At least five killed in Sudan’s South Kordofan in attack by rebel groupend of listIt urged governments at the United Nations General Assembly, which is currently convening, to protect health funding and provide stopgap financing for facilities at risk of closing.About 37 percent of Sudan’s health facilities are out of service and the UN’s response plan for the country is only 41 percent funded, MSF said, with some 19.5 million people facing crisis levels of...