Sudanese doctors raise alarm as diphtheria outbreak worsens

Sudanese doctors raise alarm as diphtheria outbreak worsens

The Sudanese Doctors Syndicate has sounded the alarm after fifteen diphtheria cases, including three child deaths, were recorded in Al-Jereif, east of Khartoum, within a week. The preparatory committee of the syndicate confirmed the outbreak, warning that the disease’s spread reflects the worsening state of Sudan’s collapsing health system. Dr. Adiba Ibrahim Al-Sayed, an internal medicine and epidemiology specialist told that the cases were dete…