Sudan War Exacerbates Risk of Cholera and Malaria

‘This must stop now’: UN food body condemns RSF attacks on Sudan premises

Aid workers are also having to cope with a wave of cholera outbreaks in war-torn Sudan.

Cholera outbreak kills 70 in Sudan as health system collapses

A severe cholera outbreak centred in Sudan’s war-torn capital, Khartoum, has killed at least 70 people in just two days, local health authorities confirmed, raising alarm over an escalating public health emergency in a city already devastated by more than two years of armed conflict. The Khartoum state health ministry reported 942 new infections and 25 deaths on Wednesday, following 1,177 cases and 45 fatalities the previous day. The outbreak is…

Sudan War Exacerbates Risk of Cholera and Malaria

The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) has warned of an escalating public health crisis in Sudan, as conflict and mass displacement continue to drive a surge in disease, particularly cholera and malaria.

Darfur 24: Agencies: The United Nations continues its efforts to combat the cholera outbreak in Sudan, through prevention, treatment, and control campaigns. In a move to support the local response, the World Health Organization delivered more than 22 metric tons of emergency health supplies, coinciding with the start of vaccination campaigns in the Jebel Awlia area, which is the most affected. The post The United Nations intensifies its efforts …

$11B health damage in Sudan war worsens cholera crisis

Two years of brutal war have left Sudan’s infrastructure in ruins, with authorities estimating reconstruction costs exceeding $1 trillion. Bridges lie in rubble, hospitals stand looted, and Khartoum’s skyline is a blackened shell of what once was a thriving capital. Power outages stretch for weeks as drone strikes decimate energy stations and cripple the country’s only oil refinery, now damaged beyond use. Even Sudan’s limited oil production has…

The humanitarian situation in Sudan has been threatened by a major cholera outbreak. Over the past two days, at least 70 people have died and 2,119 new cases of the disease have been recorded only in Khartoum State, the capital of the country, as reported by the Sudanese Ministry of Health on Thursday, 29 May. The Sudanese Ministry of Health highlighted in a statement that recent deaths and contagions are concentrated in Khartoum, an area recent…