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WHO strengthens primary health care services for vulnerable communities in Sudan
12 March 2026, Port Sudan, Sudan – 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...
Sudan declares an end to its cholera outbreak
WHO Sudan Risk Communication Officer Dr Muna Abdelgadir leads a Focus Group discussion on cholera prevention with women in Karama IDP and returnees gathering site in Blue Nile State. Photo credit: WHO 8 March 2026, Port Sudan, Sudan – On 3 March 2026, Sudan declared the end of the cholera outbreak following no report of cases for 48 days – longer than...
Attacks push Sudan’s health system to the brink
Remarks by Dr Shible Sahbani, WHO Representative to Sudan Media briefing at the Palais des Nations 10 February 2026, Geneva - In 2 months from now, we will mark 3 years of war in Sudan. A grim milestone. The war has caused the largest humanitarian crisis in the world, with violence, displacement, hunger and disease. And inevitably, death. Over 33.7...
Sudan: 1000 days of war deepen the world’s worst health and humanitarian crisis
9 January 2026, Geneva, Cairo, Port Sudan – Today, the conflict in Sudan reaches its 1000th day, with over 20 million people requiring health assistance and 21 million desperately needing food. Nearly three years of continuous violence, severe access constraints, and reduced funding have turned Sudan into the worst humanitarian crisis globally. An...
WHO warns of dangerous escalation of attacks on health care in Sudan
PORT SUDAN / CAIRO / GENEVA, 19 December 2025 — Attacks on health care in Sudan are becoming deadlier and more widespread, cutting off access to lifesaving services and placing health workers and humanitarian operations at serious risk, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since the conflict began in April 2023, WHO has verified 201...
African Development Bank and WHO sign a US$ 55 million agreement to strengthen health services in Sudan
5 November 2025, Nairobi/Port Sudan, Kenya and Sudan – On 3 November 2025, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the World Health Organization (WHO) signed a bipartite funding and 3-year implementation agreement for the Sudan Health Emergency and Infrastructure Project (SHEIP). The project aims to improve access to quality health care services across...
Cholera vaccination campaign launched in Darfur to protect over 1.8 million people
24 September 2025, Port Sudan – A cholera vaccination campaign kicked off on 21 September 2025 in Nyala Ganoub, Nyala Shemal and Biliel localities of South Darfur and on 22 September in Abu Jabra and Ad Daein localities, marking the start of a campaign that aims to reach 1.86 million people aged one year and older with oral cholera vaccines in 6...
With timely intervention, complicated severe acute malnutrition can be reversed
Aysha’s story WHO Sudan nutrition officer Sara Ebed checks on Aysha, a patient at Port Sudan Stabilization Centre. Photo credit: WHO/ Loza M Tesfaye20 August 2025, Port Sudan, Sudan – Aziza Jebrellah sits on a hospital bed in Port Sudan Paediatric Hospital, gently comforting her 18-month-old daughter Aysha who has been admitted to the...
Sudan’s Prime Minister affirms his government’s commitment to working with WHO to improve the health of the Sudanese people
WHO Representative Dr Shible Sahbani with Prime Minister of Sudan H.E. Professor Kamil Idris in the presence of WHO and Ministry of Health officials, 21 July 2025.22 July 2025, Port Sudan, Sudan – Yesterday, World Health Organization (WHO) Head of Mission and Representative in Sudan Dr Shible Sahbani paid a courtesy visit to His Excellency the Prime...
WHO strengthens implementing partners’ ESS capacity as part of the World-Bank-funded SHARE project
17 July 2025, Port Sudan, Sudan – The World Health Organization (WHO) is steadfast in its commitment to upholding environmental and social safeguards (ESS) and implementing the Environmental and Social Commitment Plan across all stages of the World Bank-supported Sudan Health Assistance and Response to Emergencies (SHARE) project. Between 22 and...
