Health Minister: Over 85% of Khartoum Health Facilities Resume Operations, Arab League Pledges $200,000

Cairo – Sudanhorizon – Sabah Musa

Sudanese Health Minister Dr Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim has affirmed that Sudan’s healthcare system has witnessed significant improvement in recent months, with hospitals and health institutions resuming operations and healthcare services for citizens and children stabilising across most states. He noted that more than 85% of health facilities in the capital, Khartoum, have resumed operations, while efforts continue to restore the remaining services.

In an exclusive statement to Sudanhorizon on Saturday, Ibrahim said he had participated in the 65th regular session of the Council of Arab Health Ministers, held last Tuesday at the headquarters of the Arab League General Secretariat in Cairo. During the session, he presented a report on the health situation in Sudan and the needs of the healthcare sector under the current circumstances.

He added that despite the substantial progress made in reopening hospitals and health institutions and stabilising services, Sudan’s healthcare system continues to face major challenges. These include new waves of displacement resulting from the war in West Kordofan and Darfur, as well as a significant increase in the number of displaced people in North Kordofan and White Nile states.

Ibrahim explained that these new displacement waves require urgent health and humanitarian interventions, alongside efforts to address limited funding and a shortage of support. He said these issues require substantial work to meet growing healthcare needs and provide services to citizens and displaced people.

The Sudanese Health Minister expressed his gratitude to the Council of Arab Health Ministers and to brotherly and friendly countries for their support to Sudan. He revealed that the Arab League had allocated $200,000 to provide essential medicines, noting that the assistance is expected to arrive in the coming days, with arrangements under way for its receipt and distribution.

Ibrahim affirmed that efforts to restore health institutions to service are continuing, with more than 85% of facilities in Khartoum having resumed operations. The ministry is working to reopen the remaining institutions and restore other health services, while strengthening the healthcare system’s capacity to address the humanitarian and health challenges created by the war.

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