World Health Organization: 37% of health facilities in Sudan are out of service

The World Health Organization announced on Friday that 37% of health facilities in Sudan will go out of service during 2026, amid continued attacks on the health sector and worsening humanitarian needs in the country.

The director of the organization’s Department of Humanitarian Affairs and Disaster Management, Altaf Musani, said in a briefing in Geneva that between January and August 2026, the organization recorded more than 900 attacks on health care in 29 countries and territories, resulting in the death of 900 people and the injury of 1,400 others, at a rate of more than four attacks per day.

Musani stressed that the effects of these attacks included the disruption of health services and the denial of patients access to treatments and surgeries, emphasizing the need to protect healthcare and hold parties to the conflicts accountable.

In Sudan, the World Health Organization has documented, since the beginning of the war, 217 attacks on the health sector, resulting in 2,052 deaths and 810 injuries.

The organization noted that 34 million people in Sudan need assistance, including 21 million who lack access to health services.

Sudan is experiencing one of the world's worst humanitarian crises after three years of war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces. The conflict has resulted in the deaths of tens of thousands and the displacement of nearly 13 million people, according to UN and international estimates.