South Sudan: Escalating Insecurity Forces MSF to Close Ulang Hospital in South Sudan

South Sudan: Escalating Insecurity Forces MSF to Close Ulang Hospital in South Sudan

People in remote areas of Upper Nile state in South Sudan are suffering from a lack of access to healthcare, since attacks on medical boats and armed looting in medical facilities since the beginning of the year have forced Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to close our hospital and end our support to 13 community-based healthcare facilities in Ulang county. The closure of MSF's hospital has left an area of more than 200km from the Ethiopian border…

South Sudan: Violent looting forces MSF to close Ulang hospital | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...

As a result of escalating insecurity, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been forced to permanently close our hospital in Ulang, in Upper Nile state and halt support to 13 primary health facilities in the county.   On April 14, 2025, MSF suspended all medical services after armed individuals forced their way into the hospital and its offices, threatened staff and patients, and violently looted and destroyed property throu…

Escalating insecurity forces Médecins sans frontières (MSF) to close Ulang hospital in South Sudan

Escalating insecurity forces Médecins sans frontières (MSF) to close Ulang hospital in South Sudan