Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has warned that Sudan's healthcare system is close to collapse after global funding cuts forced the closure of numerous medical facilities across the country. The charity says the closure of USAID last year, combined with reduced European aid, has left dozens of organisations unable to secure alternative funding, worsening one of the world's most severe humanitarian crises amid the ongoing civil war between the army and the Rapid Support Forces.

MSF reported a 22.5% rise in admissions at its supported facilities in central Darfur between January and April 2026 compared with the previous year, after 45 healthcare centres there lost funding in May alone. In Gedaref state, maternity and surgical services at the Tanedba camp have shut down, forcing pregnant women needing surgery to travel three hours for care, while aid agencies at the Um Rakuba camp have fallen from 35 in 2021 to fewer than ten. The charity also noted that 1,620 people were killed in attacks on Sudanese medical facilities in 2025 alone, accounting for 82% of such deaths worldwide, while more than 33 million people need medical assistance and over 19.5 million face crisis-level food insecurity.