Sudan, cholera and White Nile State
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Nearly 100 people died of cholera in less than a month in Sudan's White Nile State
Cholera Outbreak Kills Nearly 100 In Sudan’s White Nile State In Weeks
Cholera killed nearly 100 in Sudan over 2 weeks, aid group says
Nearly 100 people died of cholera in two weeks since the waterborne disease outbreak began in Sudan's White Nile State, an international aid group said. Doctors Without Borders — also known as Medecins Sans Frontieres, or MSF — said Thursday that 2,700 people have contracted the disease since Feb. 20, including 92 people who died.
Sudan's White Nile State faces a severe cholera outbreak, with nearly 100 deaths in two weeks. The crisis follows institutional attacks during the ongoing conflict between Sudan’s army and Rapid Support Forces,
The study, published in the journal BMJ Global Health in January, assessed cholera elimination attempts in the World Health Organization’s African region between 2018 and 2022. Since 2021, the region has faced “an acute upsurge” in cholera, the authors write.
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Sudan’s military breaks paramilitary group’s siege of crucial citySudan's miliary says it has broken a paramilitary group's yearlong siege of the crucial city of Obeid, restoring access to a strategic area in the south-central region and strengthening crucial supply routes in their nearly two years of war.
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