Saving the Fundaments: Impact of a Military Coup on the Sudan Health System
Military coups are not uncommon occurrences, particularly in developing nations where political systems might be less firmly entrenched or still evolving. Developments of this nature can often have profound implications for the affected nation’s healthcare systems, both in the immediate aftermath a...
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| author | Alhadi K. Osman Mona Ibrahim Mohamed Elsheikh Karrar Karrar Hassan Salih |
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Military coups are not uncommon occurrences, particularly in developing nations where political systems might be less firmly entrenched or still evolving. Developments of this nature can often have profound implications for the affected nation’s healthcare systems, both in the immediate aftermath and over the longer term. This paper narrates some notable consequences of political instability on the national health system, particularly placing them in the context of the military coup in October 2021 – emphasizing the context behind the political turbulence, its acute and direct consequences, and the possible long-term legacies of political shocks on the already overwhelmed health system. As a descriptive piece, this narrative does not only look at the impact of the military coup on hospitals, but considers the implications for the healthcare system as defined by the WHO, with particular emphasis on the impact of the coup on health funding from multi-laterals, service delivery, human resource availability, and supply chains in Sudan.
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| spelling | doaj-art-d7e45b9549604f01a286f9ec33784b642025-01-21T11:43:27ZengKnowledge ESudan Journal of Medical Sciences1858-50512021-12-0116410.18502/sjms.v16i4.9959Saving the Fundaments: Impact of a Military Coup on the Sudan Health SystemAlhadi K. Osman0Mona Ibrahim1Mohamed Elsheikh2Karrar Karrar3Hassan Salih4Julius Global Health, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The NetherlandsUniversity of Oxford, United KingdomBrighton and Sussex Medical School, United KingdomSave the Children-UK, UKJohns Hopkins Bloomberg Medical School, USA Military coups are not uncommon occurrences, particularly in developing nations where political systems might be less firmly entrenched or still evolving. Developments of this nature can often have profound implications for the affected nation’s healthcare systems, both in the immediate aftermath and over the longer term. This paper narrates some notable consequences of political instability on the national health system, particularly placing them in the context of the military coup in October 2021 – emphasizing the context behind the political turbulence, its acute and direct consequences, and the possible long-term legacies of political shocks on the already overwhelmed health system. As a descriptive piece, this narrative does not only look at the impact of the military coup on hospitals, but considers the implications for the healthcare system as defined by the WHO, with particular emphasis on the impact of the coup on health funding from multi-laterals, service delivery, human resource availability, and supply chains in Sudan. https://knepublishing.com/index.php/SJMS/article/view/9959healthcare systemmilitary couphealthpoliticalimpactSudan |
| spellingShingle | Alhadi K. Osman Mona Ibrahim Mohamed Elsheikh Karrar Karrar Hassan Salih Saving the Fundaments: Impact of a Military Coup on the Sudan Health System Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences healthcare system military coup health political impact Sudan |
| title | Saving the Fundaments: Impact of a Military Coup on the Sudan Health System |
| title_full | Saving the Fundaments: Impact of a Military Coup on the Sudan Health System |
| title_fullStr | Saving the Fundaments: Impact of a Military Coup on the Sudan Health System |
| title_full_unstemmed | Saving the Fundaments: Impact of a Military Coup on the Sudan Health System |
| title_short | Saving the Fundaments: Impact of a Military Coup on the Sudan Health System |
| title_sort | saving the fundaments impact of a military coup on the sudan health system |
| topic | healthcare system military coup health political impact Sudan |
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