By September 2024, the World Health Organization reported that up to 70% to 80% of health facilities in Sudan's worst-hit conflict areas were closed or barely functioning

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The Preparatory Committee of the Sudanese Doctors' Syndicate documented arrests, assaults, harassment, disappearances, and killings of doctors and health workers during the Sudanese conflict.

The Sudanese Armed Forces reported repelling an attack by the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North in the southeastern Blue Nile state on September 20, 2026.

The Preparatory Committee of the Sudanese Doctors' Syndicate warned that Sudan's health system is nearing collapse due to disease, poor sanitation, overcrowding, and destroyed medical infrastructure.

The Preparatory Committee of the Sudanese Doctors' Syndicate documented reproductive-health risks, food shortages, and inadequate healthcare access for pregnant women and children in Sudanese displacement camps.

Attacks and lack of security have driven the displacement and migration of Sudanese doctors, causing severe shortages of medical staff in the few operating hospitals.

The conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces since April 2023 has killed tens of thousands and displaced approximately 13 million people, according to UN estimates.

The Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is hindered by insecurity, population displacement, a health workers' strike, and traditional burial practices.

The World Health Organization stated that the Ebola outbreak remains out of control and is on track to surpass the 2014-2016 West Africa outbreak, which killed over 11,000 people.

Decomposing bodies, war debris, contaminated water, inadequate sanitation, and prolonged power cuts have fueled disease outbreaks and insect-borne infections across Sudan.

The failure to disinfect affected areas and restrict access to contaminated sites has increased infection risks, with disease cases rising even in relatively safe areas of Sudan.

The Preparatory Committee of the Sudanese Doctors' Syndicate presented a report on Sudan's deteriorating health situation to the 63rd session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.