The Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) identified 244 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in Sudan in 2024, compared to 271 in 2023. Health facilities were damaged 79 times, medical supplies were looted and 66 health workers were killed. Conflict-related and displacement factors have increased demand for health care provision, including to treat wounds sustained from violence, and the spread of conflict-related diseases such as cholera. Attacks on health care increased during RSF military offensives in North Darfur between April and August and in Gezira in late October and November. Some health workers were forced to conduct surgery under dim light in shipping containers buried underground to reduce the likelihood of being violently attacked.
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