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Sudan's armed rivalry: A comment on the vulnerable healthcare system catastrophe
The Sudan War 2023 is a military conflict that erupted in the heart of a paralyzed state system. A total of 68% of hospitals are presently closed, with the remainder operating just partially owing to a lack of staff, medical supplies, and pharmaceuticals. Furthermore, due to power outages, Sudan...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10444969/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37621384 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.1517 |
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author | Hemmeda, Lina Ahmed, Alaa S. Omer, Maram |
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description | The Sudan War 2023 is a military conflict that erupted in the heart of a paralyzed state system. A total of 68% of hospitals are presently closed, with the remainder operating just partially owing to a lack of staff, medical supplies, and pharmaceuticals. Furthermore, due to power outages, Sudan's vaccination and insulin stocks are under jeopardy. Additionally, patients with chronic conditions have difficulty receiving their prescriptions. This unaccounted‐for conflict is expected to degrade Sudan's already‐weak healthcare sector by the recent COVID‐19 pandemic and 2018 revolution. Humanitarian emergency care is being offered by numerous non‐for‐profit organizations and civilians initiatives; but, more measures, notably aimed at preventing political upheaval, are required to save the country's future. |
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spelling | pubmed-104449692023-08-24 Sudan's armed rivalry: A comment on the vulnerable healthcare system catastrophe Hemmeda, Lina Ahmed, Alaa S. Omer, Maram Health Sci Rep Perspective The Sudan War 2023 is a military conflict that erupted in the heart of a paralyzed state system. A total of 68% of hospitals are presently closed, with the remainder operating just partially owing to a lack of staff, medical supplies, and pharmaceuticals. Furthermore, due to power outages, Sudan's vaccination and insulin stocks are under jeopardy. Additionally, patients with chronic conditions have difficulty receiving their prescriptions. This unaccounted‐for conflict is expected to degrade Sudan's already‐weak healthcare sector by the recent COVID‐19 pandemic and 2018 revolution. Humanitarian emergency care is being offered by numerous non‐for‐profit organizations and civilians initiatives; but, more measures, notably aimed at preventing political upheaval, are required to save the country's future. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2023-08-22 /pmc/articles/PMC10444969/ /pubmed/37621384 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.1517 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Health Science Reports published by Wiley Periodicals LLC. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Perspective Hemmeda, Lina Ahmed, Alaa S. Omer, Maram Sudan's armed rivalry: A comment on the vulnerable healthcare system catastrophe |
title | Sudan's armed rivalry: A comment on the vulnerable healthcare system catastrophe |
title_full | Sudan's armed rivalry: A comment on the vulnerable healthcare system catastrophe |
title_fullStr | Sudan's armed rivalry: A comment on the vulnerable healthcare system catastrophe |
title_full_unstemmed | Sudan's armed rivalry: A comment on the vulnerable healthcare system catastrophe |
title_short | Sudan's armed rivalry: A comment on the vulnerable healthcare system catastrophe |
title_sort | sudan's armed rivalry: a comment on the vulnerable healthcare system catastrophe |
topic | Perspective |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10444969/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37621384 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/hsr2.1517 |
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