$5m Lifeline Keeps Dialysis Services Running For 5,568 Patients In War-Torn Sudan
For thousands of kidney patients caught in Sudan’s devastating conflict, access to dialysis is the difference between life and death – and a $5 million humanitarian intervention has helped keep that lifeline open.
The World Health Organization (WHO) says funding from the King Salman Humanitarian Aid and Relief Centre (KSrelief) has sustained uninterrupted dialysis services for 5,568 patients across 62 operational centres in 12 Sudanese states.
Under the project, WHO provided 230,000 dialysis sessions, essential medicines and medical supplies, while procuring and installing 60 dialysis machines, 60 chairs and six water treatment units.
Sudan’s conflict, which erupted in April 2023, severely disrupted dialysis services previously concentrated in Khartoum, forcing many patients to travel within the country or abroad in search of lifesaving treatment.
WHO Representative in Sudan, Dr Shible Sahbani, said the intervention reversed a rapidly deteriorating situation while strengthening decentralised dialysis services and the resilience of the country’s battered health system.
Sudan’s Federal Minister of Health, Dr Haitham Mohammed Ibrahim, thanked KSrelief and WHO for sustaining the critical service but appealed for continued international assistance until the country’s health system can guarantee uninterrupted dialysis treatment.
Implemented between June 2024 and February 2026, the project supported functional dialysis centres in accessible areas with equipment, medicines, consumables and human resources.
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