Sudan’s healthcare system on brink of collapse, MSF warns

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MSF warns that Sudan's healthcare system is on the brink of collapse due to a lack of international aid funding, with 37% of health facilities out of service. The UN's response plan for Sudan is only 41% funded, and some 19.5 million people are facing crisis levels of hunger. MSF attributes the funding cuts to the shutdown of USAID grants in June and reduced aid from European institutions, with global humanitarian aid decreased by 35.8% since last year. The warning comes as the war between Sudan's army and RSF has killed at least 59,000 people and displaced over 14 million.
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The healthcare system in war-torn Sudan is on the brink of collapse, with 37% of the country's health facilities out of service. The international medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned that patients are being pushed towards a shrinking number of facilities, even as violence and displacement intensify. MSF urged governments at the United Nations General Assembly to protect health funding and provide emergency financing for facilities at risk of closing. The UN's response plan for Sudan is only 41% funded, leaving millions without access to essential services. The crisis has been exacerbated by declining international aid funding, which has pushed MSF to its limits, according to its head in Sudan, Mohammad Ibrahim. Some 19.5 million people are facing hunger crisis levels, making the situation even more dire.

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Doctors Without Borders French MSF Sudan Um Rakuba

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Sudan GPE · 7× MSF ORG · 5× Doctors Without Borders ORG · 1× European NORP · 1× Fabrizio Locuratolo PERSON · 1× French NORP · 1× Mohammad Ibrahim PERSON · 1× USAID ORG · 1× Um Rakuba GPE · 1× the United States Agency for International Development ORG · 1×

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Sudan’s healthcare system on brink of collapse, MSF warns · assertive framing

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War-torn Sudan’s healthcare system is facing a deep crisis as international aid funding has dwindled, cutting millions off from essential services, Doctors Without Borders, known by its French initials MSF, has warned. asserted
Doctors → tear → initials
The medical charity said on Tuesday that a greater number of patients are being pushed towards a shrinking number of facilities, even as certain regions have seen intensifying violence and displacement with the country’s war escalating. asserted
war → say → violence
Recommended Stories list of 2 items- list 1 of 2Water crisis makes life in Sudan’s El Obeid refugee camps even worse - list 2 of 2At least five killed in Sudan’s South Kordofan in attack by rebel group It urged governments at the United Nations General Assembly, which is currently convening, to protect health funding and provide stopgap financing for facilities at risk of closing. asserted
which → make → closing
About 37 percent of Sudan’s health facilities are out of service and the UN’s response plan for the country is only 41 percent funded, MSF said, with some 19.5 million people facing crisis levels of hunger earlier this year. asserted
people → fund → hunger
Mohammad Ibrahim, head of MSF in Sudan, says the organisation has been overwhelmed as funding for other aid efforts disappears. “Donors must protect essential health services and provide sustained, flexible funding to organisations that depend on it,” he says in the report. asserted
he → say → report
Fabrizio Locuratolo, humanitarian affairs manager at an MSF hospital in Um Rakuba, says the cuts extend beyond healthcare. asserted
cuts → say → healthcare
“Food rations are shrinking and protection programmes are being dismantled, pulling away the last safety nets and leaving refugees completely exposed,” he said. asserted
he → shrink → refugees
MSF linked the closures to the shutdown of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), whose Sudan grants ended in June, and a significant reduction of aid from European institutions year-over-year. asserted
grants → link → year
The report notes that the world is witnessing “historic international aid funding cuts by governments”, with global humanitarian aid reduced by 35.8 percent since last year. asserted
aid → note → year
The war between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has killed at least 59,000 people and displaced about 14 million since it erupted in April 2023. asserted
it → kill → April
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