In the corridors of Omdurman Hospital in Khartoum, Sudan, the corridors have turned into a makeshift ward for patients with dengue fever amid an outbreak of the disease spread by mosquitoes.

The ongoing rainy season has created the ideal breeding ground for the disease to spread, with thousands of cases reported.

At one of the few extensive medical facilities in the capital, Mohammed Siddig, a patient, explained that he felt the symptoms of dengue fever two weeks ago and was tested at a nearby health centre.

“I was referred to a hospital and they couldn’t treat me, so I was brought to Omdurman Hospital,” Siddig told Al Jazeera.

But after nearly two and a half years of fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Khartoum is trying to rebuild.

According to Sudanese authorities, almost half of the hospitals in the capital have been destroyed by the war.

The war, which began in April 2023, has resulted in waves of ethnically-driven killings, mass displacement and what the United Nations has referred to as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.