Sudan cholera deaths continue to rise

The Sudanese Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday that another fifteen people are known to have died from cholera, taking the number of deaths to 328 since the epidemic was declared on 12 August. August. It was also announced on Monday that at least 225 people have been killed in the serious flooding that has affected Sudan recently.

The ministry pointed out that 271 new cases of cholera were recorded in four states in Sudan: River Nile, Kassala, Gadarif and Sennar, covering the north, east and south of the country. “The total number of recorded cases is now 10,022,” said the ministry,” across ten of Sudan’s eighteen states.”

Sudan now has 30 cholera treatment centres, 50 per cent of which have their operational costs covered by the Ministry of Health and the states. “The other 50 per cent are funded by international and local organisations and UN agencies.”

This year’s flooding and health disasters coincide with the people’s continued suffering from an ongoing war between the Sudanese Army and the Rapid Support Forces since mid-April 2023. The war has killed around 18,800 people and displaced nearly ten million, according to UN data.

There are increasing international and UN calls to spare Sudan a humanitarian disaster that has begun to push millions to famine and death due to food shortages caused by the fighting that has spread to thirteen states.

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