US EditionSudan: Unicef to Deliver 1.4 Million Cholera Vaccines to Sudan Amid Supply Chain Breakdowns
The cholera outbreak, worsened by conflict-driven displacement and inadequate healthcare, has resulted in nearly 1,100 deaths and over 48,700 cases since January, WHO reports.
- Sudan faces a worsening cholera outbreak in 2025 amid ongoing conflict, with over 48,768 cases and 1,094 deaths reported by August 11 across five Darfur states.
- The outbreak followed years of armed conflict since April 2023 between the regular army and Rapid Support Forces, causing mass displacements and limiting humanitarian access.
- Health facilities operate under severe strain as 38% are nonfunctional and 62% partially functional nationwide, while cholera transmission is aggravated by reduced vaccination rates and lack of clean water.
- UNICEF is actively delivering over 1.4 million oral cholera vaccines and life-saving supplies including cold chain equipment and hygiene kits while urging safe, unimpeded access to vulnerable populations.
- The ongoing crisis threatens further loss of life and spread to neighboring countries, emphasizing the need for urgent international intervention and lifting of blockades to support health services.
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Sudan: Unicef to Deliver 1.4 Million Cholera Vaccines to Sudan Amid Supply Chain Breakdowns
United Nations -- In Tawila, North Darfur State in Sudan, more than 1,180 cholera cases, including 300 cases in children, and at least 20 deaths have been reported since the first case was detected on June 21. Tawila has absorbed 500,000 internally displaced people who are escaping violence, many of them fleeing about seventy kilometers from the state capital of Al Fasher, making this rapid surge in cases a major health concern amidst worsening …
Since the summer of 2024, about 100,000 cases of cholera have been recorded in Sudan, according to the World Health Organization.
Sudan’s South Darfur records 158 cholera deaths since May
At least 158 cholera deaths have been recorded in Sudan's South Darfur since the end of May, the health ministry of its paramilitary-controlled state government said Saturday. More than two years of fighting between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has left much of Darfur in the hands of the RSF and without access to live-saving aid. The last pocket of territory in army hands, around the North Darfur state capital Al-Fa…
Cholera cases explode across Sudan as bloody conflict grinds on
FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail The World Health Organisation (WHO) warns that a catastrophic cholera outbreak in Sudan is spiralling uncontrollably this year, claiming nearly 1,100 lives since January and afflicting almost 49,000 others, overwhelming an already crippled healthcare system amid a brutal conflict. All of Sudan’s 18 states have reported cholera cases, WHO spokesperson Christian Lindmeier told reporters in […]
The General Coordination for Displaced Persons (GCDP) revealed cholera statistics for Sunday. The number of cases rose to 7,955, with 335 deaths. Sudan War Observatory: Follow-ups. The GCDP said that the Darfur region is witnessing a cholera outbreak, with 175 new cases and 5 deaths recorded today, bringing the total number of cases since the outbreak to 7,955, including 335 deaths. It added that the areas with the highest rates of cholera outbr…
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