Diarrhoea kills more than 50 in Darfur

[Ronan Kelly]

Diarrhoea kills more than 50 in Darfur
CENTRAL DARFUR / NORTH DARFUR
(28 Aug.) -

In Nierteti, Central Darfur, 18 children died this week from fever and diarrhoea. In Saraf Umra, North Darfur, at least 20 displaced died of the same ailments. In the Abu Shouk and Korma camps, North Darfur, 21 people died from diarrhoea, eight of them children.

Speaking to Radio Dabanga, a displaced woman reported from Nierteti town that 18 children died last week of high fever and diarrhoea. ?There are dozens of people suffering similar cases.?

She complained about the lack of medicines and good treatment at Nierteti hospital, and appealed via Radio Dabanga to humanitarian organisations to intervene, and provide medical aid, ?in particular to the population of the Nierteti camps?.
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https://www.radiodabanga.org/node/79343

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Re: Diarrhoea kills more than 50 in Darfur

?Diarrhoea death figures false?: Central Darfur Health Ministry
ZALINGEI
(29 Aug.) -

The Central Darfur Ministry of Health has denied the mortality figures and reports of children dying because of diarrhoea and fever, according to citizens and internally displaced people in Wadi Salih, Mukjar, and Nierteti localities. In the past two days, eight displaced people who suffered malnutrition have died, a Wadi Salih camp leader reported.

Issa Mohamed Mousa, the state's Health Minister, admitted in an interview that there is an increase in the number of patients in Central Darfur hospitals. He confirmed to Radio Dabanga that the state's stock of medicines cannot supply the Zalingei hospital for more than one week.

Mousa then denied the statement the Central Darfur camp coordinator made about the deaths of 113 children in Mukjar camp in one month owing to diarrhoea and fever. ?This is totally false.?
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https://www.radiodabanga.org/node/79396