Several states in Sudan have been witnessing an outbreak of dengue fever, malaria, and cholera after seventy percent of the health institutes went out of service due to the ongoing war.
The health ministry in Gedaref - the most damaged state - appealed to international organizations to provide support to eradicate dengue fever.
The cases of dengue fever, cholera, and malaria, especially in Gedaref, soared as the country faced a shortage of medicines and cadres.
Meanwhile, volunteers accused both warring parties in Khartoum of confiscating the medicines offered as aid.
Cholera has spread widely in the eastern Nile region (Khartoum Bahri), an area where many residents who have not left Khartoum still live.
Citizens from Gedaref told Asharq Al-Awsat newspaper that there is an outbreak of dengue fever and watery diarrhea.
Meanwhile, the ministry revealed that there are 250 watery diarrhea cases from which 15 died while there are more than 800 cases of dengue fever, and 10 of them died.
Director of the Health Emergency and Epidemic Control Department Anwar Banga announced the launching of the third campaign to eradicate dengue fever and watery diarrhea during the coming days and to radically end the pandemic.
However, he complained that there is insufficient funding whether from the government or humanitarian organizations.
Sudan Tribune newspaper quoted the spokesman for the East Nile Emergency Room in Khartoum, Moaz Shams El-Din, as saying that Alban Jaded Hospital received around 40 cholera cases in the period between 1-3 October and four of them died.
He criticized the army’s rejection of access to the medicines provided by the World Health Organization, noting that medicines were delivered to the Rapid Support Forces, highlighting the sharp shortage of medicines and medical cadres in the only operating hospital in the suburb of Hajj Youssef.
The cumulative report on dengue fever in Gezira showed about 82 cases of dengue fever between September 23-October 2, including 64 confirmed cases and two deaths, while about 62 patients were quarantined.
The Federal Minister of Health, Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim, disclosed that the dengue fever epidemic is extending across eight states: Red Sea, Kassala, Gedaref, Al-Jazira, Sennar, North Kordofan, South Kordofan, and North Darfur.
