Sudan: 2023 Dengue

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Source: https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-...-rise-in-sudan

Dengue infection cases rise in Sudan
18/09/2023 15:30

El Gedaref in eastern Sudan is witnessing an increase in dengue fever* infections, with 70 confirmed cases and two deaths reported last week alone. The El Gedaref state government announced the start of a house-to-house campaign to combat the spread of the infection.

Health sources told Radio Dabanga that cases are spreading in nearly all homes in El Gedaref city, in addition to the displaced people in shelter centres. Infections are typically accompanied by widespread cases of malaria and diarrhoea.

Adam Hasan, staff member of the El Gedaref Teaching Hospital, told Radio Dabanga that the number of displaced people exceeds 9,000, distributed among 48 shelter centres.

The spread of dengue fever and the lack of food is gradually worsening the dire humanitarian and health crises faced by displaced people

“Ten of the shelter centres are not registered with official authorities and thus do not receive quotas of aid,” Adam Hasan continued. “The displaced suffer from irregular distribution of food aid provided by UN agencies and humanitarian organisations, with high prices of goods.”...

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Dengue fever, cholera, and measles on the rise in Sudan

26/09/2023 15:15 EL GEDAREF / EL GEZIRA / KHARTOUM / OMDURMAN

The federal Ministry of Health, working from Port Sudan, capital of Red Sea state, has registered hundreds of suspected cases of dengue fever and watery diarrhoea in El Gedaref and El Gezira. Cholera and measles have been reported elsewhere in Sudan.

In a press statement on Sunday, the ministry pointed to the high number of cases of dengue fever in El Gedaref: 542 suspected cases and 300 confirmed cases. In addition, El Gedaref recorded 197 cases of watery diarrhoea in central El Gedaref and adjacent El Galabat West. In addition, 15 suspected cases of dengue fever were reported in El Gezira.

Health sources told Radio Dabanga that the El Gedaref Teaching Hospital, which is already overcrowded, receives 60 suspected dengue cases daily. The laboratory can only test 50 samples of dengue fever a day.

“Most of the hospitals in the state are overcrowded with patients. Others may not even find a place to receive treatment,” the Sudanese Doctors’ Syndicate said in a statement. They noted that the cumulative casualty and death rate in the state health facilities indicates a “health disaster.”

“The number of dengue fever patients treated at home is many times higher than in the hospitals and health centres. The fever has entered so many homes that investigating the number of infected people is difficult.” The organisation has reported hundreds of deaths and thousands of people infected with dengue fever in the state.

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