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Sudan war cuts off medicine supplies, forcing diabetics to buy ‘spoiled’ insulin on black market
Over three years of conflict in Sudan have destroyed the healthcare system and domestic drug production, leaving patients dependent on expensive, often damaged smuggled medicines that directly threaten their lives. Diabetics struggle to find insulin that hasn’t spoiled, while smuggled drugs like IV antimalarials pose deadly risks. The WHO warns Sudan faces one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.