Abstract
Since the outbreak of war in Sudan in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, the country’s fragile health system has deteriorated rapidly. As hospitals closed, medical supplies vanished, and millions were displaced, frontline health workers were forced to make impossible choices. This essay recounts my experience as a young physician during the collapse of Sinnar Teaching Hospital, my displacement to White Nile State, and the creation of a community-led humanitarian initiative that provided clinical care, shelter, food, and livelihood support to thousands. It reflects on the intersection of war, displacement, public health collapse, and moral responsibility in fragile settings.
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Halaly, Mogahed
(2026)
"Frontline Medicine During War in Sudan: Confronting Health System Collapse,"
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1, 134-149.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69755/2995-2212.1405
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Frontline Medicine During War in Sudan: Confronting Health System Collapse
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Mogahed Halaly, University of SinnarFollow
Abstract
Since the outbreak of war in Sudan in April 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces, the country’s fragile health system has deteriorated rapidly. As hospitals closed, medical supplies vanished, and millions were displaced, frontline health workers were forced to make impossible choices. This essay recounts my experience as a young physician during the collapse of Sinnar Teaching Hospital, my displacement to White Nile State, and the creation of a community-led humanitarian initiative that provided clinical care, shelter, food, and livelihood support to thousands. It reflects on the intersection of war, displacement, public health collapse, and moral responsibility in fragile settings.
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Halaly, Mogahed (2026) "Frontline Medicine During War in Sudan: Confronting Health System Collapse," The Journal of Social Encounters: Vol. 10: Iss. 1, 134-149.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.69755/2995-2212.1405
Available at: https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/social_encounters/vol10/iss1/14
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