Sudanese Pound’s Collapse Disrupts Medicine Market as Pharmacies Reprice Stock

The collapse of the Sudanese pound is disrupting the country’s medicine market, with pharmacies revising prices and companies halting sales as shortages put treatment further out of reach.

Medicines are among the essential goods hardest hit by successive crises affecting Sudan’s vital sectors. Scarce supplies and persistently rising prices threaten the lives of thousands of patients struggling to obtain treatment.

For patients and their families, the challenge is both finding the medicines they need and securing enough money to pay for them. Continued price increases make that task increasingly difficult.

Pharmacies’ repricing and companies’ suspension of sales add to uncertainty in a market already under severe strain. Together, shortages and higher costs are deepening the barriers facing patients in need of care.