WHO staff engaging with a Sudanese patient receiving care through the project. Photo credit: WHO15 January 2026 – By the end of 2025, WHO Egypt in collaboration with the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief), had enabled the provision of 11 000 dialysis sessions and 1166 essential medicines to Sudanese patients in Egypt with renal failure through a joint project led by the Ministry of Health and Population.
The project, launched in July 2025, aims to benefit more than 1000 patients in Egypt displaced by the war in Sudan who are suffering from renal failure.
Funded with US$ 3.6 million dollars from KSrelief, the project aims to ensure that both renal transplant patients dependent on medication and those dependent on dialysis have access to continuous treatment.
Following the war in Sudan, the health infrastructure in Sudan completely collapsed. Fathia, a 54-year-old patient, fled Sudan to seek safety in Egypt. She struggled to afford treatment at first but is now one of the people benefiting from free haemodialysis sessions and medications funded by the project. Abu El Kassim, 58, was also forced to leave behind all his belongings and savings in Sudan and is now receiving three free-of charge dialysis sessions per week in an Egyptian hospital. These are just two of the many people the project is helping through its free lifesaving treatment.
Reflecting on the initiative, WHO Representative to Egypt, Dr Nima Abid, said “From Cairo to Aswan, we have met with patients and witnessed the difference the project is making in their lives. We regularly hold community meetings with them to address any challenges and identify their needs, so we can sustain the quality of the services provided to them that we are able to deliver thanks to the generous funds from KSrelief. We are committed to continuing our partnership with the Ministry of Health and Population, KSrelief and other development partners to make sure that everyone in Egypt can get access to the life-saving treatment they need.”
According to UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, Egypt has received over 1.5 million Sudanese individuals since 2023, making it the country that has received the largest number of Sudanese people displaced by the war.
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