# Food or medicine? The impossible choices facing Sudan’s chronically ill

https://mins.news/en/item/104979

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-18 09:22 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2026/10/18/food-or-medicine-the-impossible-choices-facing-sudans-chronically-ill?traffic_source=rss

> Sudan’s civil war has driven up medicine costs, leaving people with chronic illnesses struggling to afford treatment. Hasanat, a displaced woman with diabetes, needs insulin every day but must weigh its cost against food and other essentials. Another family can only buy medicines for a relative intermittently.