Who Holds the Record · country brief · data as of 2026-10-01Who holds the health record in Sudan?
In 2026, Sudan scores 22 of 100 on a person's right to see, control and share their own health record: rank 191= of 196 countries (likely range 174 to 196), in the Poor band (0 to 24). Who holds the keys: Institutional. Source: Who Holds the Record, SuperTruth, data as of 2026-10-01.
Sudan, at war since 2023, has no data protection law or patient right to a record copy; electronic records reached two sites in 2026.
Published · updated · data as of 2026-10-01 · research tool, not legal advice
Can I get my health records in Sudan?
Access to the full record scores 22 of 100 in Sudan, against a median of 43 across 196 countries. No Sudanese law we opened gives patients a right to a copy of their record, and the 2015 information law exempts medical records from disclosure. A 2011 rule obliging lab staff to give patients their results puts Sudan just above Libya (20).
Can I control who sees my health record in Sudan?
Control and consent scores 22 of 100 in Sudan, against a median of 30 across 196 countries. Patients have no legal tools to decide who sees their record: no consent rules for sharing, no opt-out and no access log. Protection rests on a professional secrecy duty and a constitutional privacy right.
Eight rights, against Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Libya and the EU
| Patient access to the full record20% | 22 | 18 · 20 · 20 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patient control and consent20% | 22 | 22 · 20 · 22 | |
| Privacy and security15% | 20 | 25 · 22 · 25 | |
| Connected care journey15% | 18 | 20 · 20 · 18 | |
| Protection from commercial use10% | 20 | 25 · 20 · 25 | |
| Clinician access at the point of care10% | 15 | 15 · 15 · 17 | |
| Research and trial consent5% | 46 | 43 · 43 · 46 | |
| Clinical AI governance5% | 25 | 18 · 15 · 25 |
Black dot: Sudan. Hollow dots: Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Libya (scores on the right, same order). Grey line: median of all 196 countries. Dashed teal line: EU median. Overall: Sudan 22, EU median 61. Scores move in steps of about 5; read the rank with its likely range.
What would Sudan need to change to score higher?
Sudan sits in Poor (0 to 24); Weak starts at 25. The two rights furthest below the 196-country median, weighted, are patient access to the full record (22, median 43) and privacy and security (20, median 45). The published rubric reads:
- Patient access to the full record: A national portal showing at least part of the record (summary, prescriptions, labs) to most residents puts access at 60 to 75; a near-full record with export, long history and majority use, 76 to 90.
- Privacy and security: Health-sector enforcement on the record: an independent regulator deciding health-data cases, breach notification and penalties applied.
Which laws give health record rights in Sudan?
- Constitutional Charter 2019, Article 55 (2019): Protects privacy, private and family life and correspondence, except as the law allows.
- Right to Access Information Act 2015 (2015): Right to request information from public bodies; Article 12(e) exempts personal and medical records.
- Medicines and Poisons Act 2009 (2009): Medicines regulator law; medicinal clinical trials must be reviewed by the National Medicines and Poisons Board.
Strain and split context, not scored
- Doctors per 10,000
- 2.5 2017
- Nurses and midwives per 10,000
- 10.8 2018
- Private insurance + out-of-pocket
- 59.9% 2023
- Record reaches private care?
- unknown
Published stories
- 2026-08-10 · Independent Arabia Patient files left behind when a specialist hospital closed in the war
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