Sudan’s maternity wards reopen, bringing hope amid war struggles
Sudan’s maternity wards reopen, bringing hope and safe deliveries to mothers navigating post-war economic hardships.
![Touma Jabara gave birth to her baby daughter, Duaa, at the Maternity Hospital in Omdurman [Mohammed Mirghani/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/download-1783254620.png?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Sudan’s maternity wards reopen, bringing hope and safe deliveries to mothers navigating post-war economic hardships.
![Touma Jabara gave birth to her baby daughter, Duaa, at the Maternity Hospital in Omdurman [Mohammed Mirghani/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/download-1783254620.png?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Ahmed Nagi, who is in his 50s, can barely walk without a cane and cannot access the medical care he needs [Nasser al-Sakkaf/Al Jazeera]](https://aljazeeranews.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/8-1783167324.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)







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