Sudanese midwives deliver hope amid war and ruin

In war-ravaged Khartoum, midwives like Hawaa Ismael are risking their lives to deliver babies and care for mothers despite Sudan’s crumbling health care system.

With fewer than 25% of medical facilities still functioning due to the ongoing conflict, pregnant women are forced to walk for hours, or even days, to find care. Some never make it in time. “The hardest case I faced was delivering a woman in a car,” says Ismael, a midwife at…