Sudan: Sudanese Clinics Close Amid Aid Cuts, Leaving Millions With Shrinking Access to Healthcare - MSF

What the report says

Médecins Sans Frontières says international aid cuts are accelerating clinic closures across Sudan, worsening access to healthcare as the country’s war and humanitarian crisis continue. In a statement cited by Dabanga and distributed by AllAfrica, the group said funding shortages are leaving clinics without medicines and support, pushing patients to travel farther and often more dangerously to reach the remaining facilities. The report is dated 9 September 2026 and highlights pressure on health services in Central Darfur and refugee camps in El Gedaref state.

MSF said admissions to its supported facilities in Zalingei and Rokero rose in early 2026, while dozens of general healthcare centres in Central Darfur lost support when funding ran out in May. It also described closures in Tanedba and reduced services in Um Rakuba, where maternity and surgical wards have shut down or been curtailed after aid groups withdrew. In Hamidiya displacement camp, a health centre has sharply reduced its services and vaccinations have stopped.

The organisation argued that each clinic closure shifts demand to already strained hospitals rather than eliminating need. It said some patients now face difficult choices between paying for transport and buying food. MSF is urging governments and donors to keep essential health services funded and provide transitional financing.

More broadly, the report places the health crisis within Sudan’s wider emergency, noting that a large share of facilities are out of service and that hunger and malnutrition remain severe. The figures and examples in the article underscore how funding gaps can quickly reduce access to basic care for displaced people and other vulnerable communities.