In the Darfur region, where the violence has taken an ethnic dimension, most health facilities are no longer functioning due to the lack of critical supplies and medical staff. There is a widespread shortage of supplies such as vaccines, nutrition commodities, and HIV medications, as well as a poor disease surveillance system. At the same time, overcrowded and dire conditions in gathering sites and camps exacerbate the risk of disease outbreaks, while people with chronic conditions are struggling to access the care and medicines they need to survive.

Sudan 2024 © Mohamed Zakaria
Sudan
In April 2023, intense fighting broke out across Sudan, including Khartoum and the Darfur region. MSF teams are providing medical care for people affected by this latest surge of conflict and other crises.
Children in urgent need of immunization as measles spreads in Darfur
June 10, 2025 — Outbreaks of measles have spread widely across Sudan’s Darfur region over the past year, affecting people in many communities where Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are treating patients. While mass vaccination campaigns are finally underway in several locations across the region, it is vital to increase efforts to reach children who have never been vaccinated.
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Our work in Sudan
After a bloody war erupted in Sudan in 2023, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) quickly adapted activities to respond, despite security and administrative challenges.

What's happening in Sudan?
Since April 15, 2023, intense fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has plunged the entire country into chaos, leading to tens of thousands of casualties and uprooting millions of people from their homes.
The health system, already fragile before the conflict started, is struggling to cope with existing and emerging medical needs while facing overwhelming pressure from the destruction and looting of health facilities, acute shortages of utilities and medical supplies, and under-resourced health staff who are overworked without pay. As a result, people face significant challenges accessing medical care throughout the country. By the time many are able to access care, their condition has become critical.

Sudan crisis response
How MSF is responding to urgent needs inside Sudan and in neighboring countries.

How we're helping in Sudan
MSF currently works in 10 out of Sudan’s 18 states, providing emergency and surgical care, maternal and pediatric care, malnutrition screening and treatment, vaccinations, and other critical health services while supporting health facilities with donations of supplies, training, and logistics. We also respond to disease outbreaks, including a deadly measles outbreak in Rokero, Central Darfur, and a cholera outbreak in Gedaref state primarily affecting displaced people, both in 2024.

How we're helping
879,100
Outpatient consultations
327,100
Malaria cases treated
74,300
People admitted to hospitals
65,800
Vaccinations against measles in response to an outbreak
14,100
Births assisted
10,300
Surgical interventions
*Data from MSF International Activity Report 2023
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