The World Health Organization (WHO) in Sudan partnered with the Federal Ministry of Health and the National Health Insurance Fund to implement its second primary health care (PHC) support initiative to improve access to lifesaving health services for internally displaced persons, returnees, host communities and residents across 10 states of Sudan. The initiative, which was operational from June to December 2025, fully supported 60 PHC centres and reached more than 500 000 beneficiaries during the 6 months of implementation.

The 60 WHO-supported PHC centres provided free essential health care services to 570 299 beneficiaries, including 78 694 children under 5 years and more than 26 960 pregnant women. Over half the beneficiaries were women, and more than 10% were internally displaced people.

“WHO’s support to primary health care centres is rooted in its commitment to make essential lifesaving primary health care accessible to everyone, everywhere in Sudan and to strive to achieve universal health coverage despite the prevailing challenges,” said WHO Representative to Sudan Dr Shible Sahbani.

WHO provides operational support to the facilities, including provision of essential medical supplies, and human resource support to ensure the continued availability and engagement of critical frontline workers through incentives and capacity-building. As part of this support, WHO has delivered around 55 metric tons of supplies, including essential medicines, diagnostic test kits and wound care materials.