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Over 40 Dead in Sudan Cholera Outbreak, Says MSF
Médecins Sans Frontières reports over 2,300 patients treated and 40 deaths in Darfur amid civil war and displacement worsening Sudan’s worst cholera outbreak in years.
- At least 40 people have died in Sudan's Darfur region in the country's worst cholera outbreak in years, according to Doctors Without Borders .
- MSF said 2,470 cholera-related deaths had been reported in the year to 11 August out of 99,700 suspected cases.
- The medical charity said the outbreak was worsened by mass displacements of civilians due to the war, lack of access to clean water, heavy rains, and the exodus of people seeking refuge.
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Sudan launches 10-Day Cholera vaccination drive amid deadly outbreak
While Khartoum’s last vaccination drive helped curb infections, aid groups warn the disease is surging in other regions, particularly Darfur, where collapsing infrastructure and flooding are creating perfect conditions for cholera to spread.
At least 40 people died in one week in Darfur, in the west of that country in the midst of civil war.
At least 40 people have died of cholera in western Sudan in the past week, AFP reported, citing a statement from Doctors Without Borders (MSF). The East African country has been ravaged by a civil war for more than two years, in which tens of thousands of people have died.
At least 40 dead in Sudan’s worst cholera outbreak in years
At least 40 people have died in Sudan's Darfur region in the country's worst cholera outbreak in years, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday. The medical charity said the vast western region, which has been a major battleground over more than two years of fighting between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, had been hardest hit by the year-old outbreak. "On top of an all-out war, people in Sudan are now experien…
At least 40 dead in Sudan's worst cholera outbreak in years
Doctors Without Borders said the Darfur region, which has been a major battleground over more than two years of fighting between the regular army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, had been hardest hit by the year-old outbreak.
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