The World Health Organisation (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) express grave concern over the increasing scale and frequency of attacks on health care in conflict-affected areas of Sudan.

On 2 April, Al Jabalayn Teaching Hospital located south-west of Kosti Town in White Nile State, was attacked, resulting in the death of ten health workers, including the medical director. Twenty-two people were injured. The hospital’s emergency room and operating theatre were completely destroyed.

This attack follows earlier attacks on Kurmuk Teaching Hospital in Blue Nile State on 24 March and on a medical supplies warehouse in Rabak, White Nile State, on 1 April, which destroyed critical infrastructure and injured a health worker, and on Al Daein Al Usra Hospital, where health workers were reportedly assaulted.