Sudan’s western Darfur region recorded more than 2,300 cholera cases and 40 deaths over the past week, Doctors Without Borders, or Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), announced on Thursday.
“On top of an all-out war, people in Sudan are now experiencing the worst cholera outbreak the country has seen in years,” the MSF said in a statement.
According to a report by the Sudanese Ministry of Health on Wednesday, the cumulative number of cholera cases has reached 99,756, including 2,475 deaths, across 132 localities in all states.
Cholera is spreading widely across displacement sites in the region, particularly in Tawila and Golo, which are witnessing severe shortages of clean water and sanitation services, the MSF said. “As people move around to flee fighting, cholera is spreading further, in Sudan and into neighbouring Chad and South Sudan.”
“The situation is beyond urgent,” Tuna Turkmen, MSF’s head of mission in Sudan, was quoted in the statement as saying. Turkmen called for urgent international response to provide healthcare, improve water and sanitation services, and begin cholera vaccination campaigns in affected areas.
“Survivors of war must not be left to die from a preventable disease,” Turkmen said.
Sudan remains gripped by a conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, which erupted in April 2023. The fighting has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced millions, both internally and across borders, deepening the country’s humanitarian crisis. Enditem
Source: Xinhua
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