At least 40 people have died in Sudan's Darfur region in the war-torn country's worst outbreak in years, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said 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 medical charity said in a statement. "In the Darfur region alone, MSF teams treated over 2,300 patients and recorded 40 deaths in the past week."
Health officials in Sudan have launched a 10-day cholera vaccination campaign in the capital, Khartoum.
Associated Press video footage on Wednesday showed officials administering the vaccine to children and others. Healthcare worker Aziza Berima said the campaign in Khartoum began Sunday and targets over 150,000 people.
Last month, the United Nations humanitarian office said over 32,000 suspected cholera cases have been reported in Sudan this year. Since the outbreak was declared in July 2024, more than 83,000 cases and 2,100 deaths have been reported, the UN said, citing Sudan's health ministry.
The UN says cases are rising in Darfur. The health ministry has reported 1,440 suspected cases and 74 deaths there.
Although vaccination campaigns launched last year across some areas in Sudan, the disease has continued to spread in recent months amid the ongoing fighting between the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese army.
