Lectures and seminars Healthcare under attack in Sudan - Lunch Webinar

26-11-2025 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Add to iCal
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Johan von Schreeb in front of rows of green tents set up on dry ground with snow-capped mountains in the background under a clear blue sky.
Photo: MSF. Doctor Abubaker Abdalla adjusts the bandage of a patient with a gunshot wound at Tawila Hospital in Darfur. An attack on civilians in the Zamzam displacement camp led to a massive influx of patients with severe injuries.

The war in Sudan has been ongoing for over two years, and the situation for civilians is often described as the world’s worst humanitarian catastrophe today. Around 12 million people have been forced to flee, and famine prevails in several parts of the country.

At the end of October, nearly 500 civilians were killed in an attack on a maternity hospital in Al-Fashir, Sudan. This is one of many shocking examples of how healthcare has become a direct target in Sudan and in other conflict zones around the world.

Systematic attacks on healthcare infrastructure, staff, and patients occur repeatedly, and the perpetrators often go unpunished. This has devastating consequences for the civilian population and for healthcare systems that are often already fragile.

With this webinar, the Centre for Health Crises at Karolinska Institutet and Médecins Sans Frontières aim to shed light on the grave situation in Sudan, raise awareness of how systematic attacks on healthcare are used as a strategy of war, and discuss how we, in solidarity with colleagues in conflict-affected areas, can work together to bring about change.

The seminar will be held in English.

Speakers:

  • Maarten van der Heijden, Lawyer & Policy Expert, Geneva Graduate Institute
  • Marwan Taher, Head of Mission in Darfur, Sudan, Médecins Sans Frontières
  • Peter Moberger, Surgeon, recently returned from a mission with Médecins Sans Frontières in Tawilah, Sudan

Moderator:

  • Hani Khalifa, Emergency Physician with roots in Sudan, with extensive experience from Médecins Sans Frontières missions in several countries

Registration

Zoom Webinar: Register here