Sudan’s health system has suffered an unprecedented collapse since war erupted in mid-April 2023, with most hospitals in the capital, Khartoum, and other cities across several states turned into military barracks.

A severe shortage of medical services has fueled widespread epidemics, disease outbreaks and worsening malnutrition.

Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim told Asharq Al-Awsat that losses to the sector are “very large.”

“The destruction has affected all Sudanese states,” he said, citing the sabotage of hospitals and health institutions, the looting of medicines, vehicles and equipment, and the direct targeting of health workers