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Iran-U.S. Conflict Delays Sudan Clinic Aid, Costs Surge 20%

4/24/2026

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The Iran-U.S. conflict halted key shipping lanes, delaying aid shipments to the International Rescue Committee’s Qoz Nafisa clinic in Sudan.
Medicine shipments scheduled for February and April failed to arrive, leaving the clinic short.
Patient Abbas Awad, 61, is rationing glaucoma medication because prices rose and supplies are scarce.
The United Nations reports a 20 % rise in shipment costs and $130,000 of pharmaceuticals delayed in Dubai before rerouting through Oman.

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Story summary

The Iran-U.S. conflict halted key shipping lanes, delaying aid shipments to the International Rescue Committee’s Qoz Nafisa clinic in Sudan.
Medicine shipments scheduled for February and April failed to arrive, leaving the clinic short.
Patient Abbas Awad, 61, is rationing glaucoma medication because prices rose and supplies are scarce.
The United Nations reports a 20 % rise in shipment costs and $130,000 of pharmaceuticals delayed in Dubai before rerouting through Oman.