South Sudan/Sudan- 2017 Cholera

[Ronan Kelly]

As South Sudan?s civil war rages, cholera takes deadly toll
By The Associated Press June 29, 2017 6:25 am
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Since this outbreak began one year ago, over 11,000 cases have been reported, including at least 190 deaths, according to the World Health Organization and South Sudan?s government. WHO says 2017 shows a slight increase in cases, which coincides with the recent surge of displaced people across the country as civil war moves well into its fourth year.

The fast-developing, highly contagious infection can spread in areas without clean drinking water and with poor sanitation. It can result in death through dehydration if left untreated.

Pieri and surrounding areas in April experienced their first cholera outbreak in 21 years. Community leaders say 36 people have died in two months alone. They attribute the severity of the outbreak to an inability to support an overwhelming increase in the town?s population.
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http://wtop.com/health-fitness/2017/06/as-south-sudans-civil-war-rages-cholera-takes-deadly-toll/

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Suspected diarrhoea kills 38 Sudanese in one month: UN
June 28, 2017
Suspected acute diarrhoea has killed 38 Sudanese in the past month and 317 since August 2016, the UN said Wednesday, warning the outbreak could worsen ahead of the rainy season.


The UN children's agency?or UNICEF?said cases of suspected acute diarrhoea were reported across 12 of the North African country's 18 states during this period.
"Over 16,600 cases of acute watery diarrhoea in the past 10 months alone were reported with 317 deaths, which is a rate double than the alert level," UNICEF said, raising a previous death toll of 279 reported by UN agencies in late May.
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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-06-diarrhoea-sudanese-month.html

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Sudanese doctors urge measures against cholera outbreak
BY BRIAN ROHAN
Associated Press

CAIRO
Sudanese doctors and aid workers urged the government to declare a state of emergency over a cholera outbreak and delay the start of the school year, which began on Sunday, although authorities say the situation is under control.

The disease, which is passed through contaminated water, has surfaced across the country, including in the capital, Khartoum, prompting the U.S. Embassy last month to issue a warning and note that fatalities had been confirmed. Egypt has begun screening passengers from Sudan at Cairo's international airport.

Some 22,000 cases of acute watery diarrhea have led to at least 700 fatalities since May 20, said Hossam al-Amin al-Badawi, of the independent Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors. He added that the condition is most likely cholera, but the government refuses to officially release test results for it.
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http://www.islandpacket.com/news/health-care/article159308464.html

 

[Shiloh]

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201708010409.html



31 July 2017
Nuba Reports (Nuba Mountains)
Sudan Insider - Cholera Across Sudan Rising

According to Sudan's health ministry, roughly 265 deaths and 16,000 cases of "acute watery diarrhoea" have been recorded in 11 states across Sudan. The independent Central Committee of Sudanese Doctors, however, have cited 22,000 cases and 700 fatalities since late May 2017. This figure is comparable to that of the National Epidemiological Corporation that cites 23,766 infections and 820 deaths since May.

The first cases were identified in Blue Nile State in August last year. According to UN estimates, White Nile State remains the most affected area with a large number of cases cited in South Sudanese refugee camps where cramped conditions and inadequate water supplies have increased contagiousness.

The Doctor's Committee expects to see more cholera cases with the start of the rainy season, especially within displaced camps. In late June to early July, the medical organisation reported over 200 new cholera cases in North Darfur State with 100 more cases reported later in the month at the state's Kabkabiya Hospital alone...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: http://plenglish.com/index.php?o=rn...eason-worsens-cholera-outbreak-in-south-sudan


Rainy Season Worsens Cholera Outbreak in South Sudan
Juba, Aug 8 (Prensa Latina)

The effects of the rainy season in South Sudan aggravate the care of patients with cholera detected three months ago and spread the virus, an international organization said today.

Our Health and Water teams are responding to the epidemic, by offering cholera treatment and preventive measures throughout the African country. Since June18, 2016, there have been 18,000 infections and 328 deaths from the virus, but a rapid response is needed to stop such an outbreak, added the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

The IOM said that many of the areas affected by the contagious disease were located on the banks of the Nile, so the rains this season were aggravating affected communities´ situations and threatened to spread the virus even more...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/cholera-spreads-in-northern-sudan

Cholera spreads in northern Sudan
August 8 - 2017 HALFA / DALGO

Cholera has extended to the north of Sudan and reached Abri in Halfa locality, where four cases were reported on Monday. A hospital recorded more infected cases coming from the gold mines in Northern State.

The patients are treated in the isolation ward placed outside of the health centre of Abri, a town along the Nile.

Five cases are being treated in Wadi Halfa hospital in Northern State, a source reported to Radio Dabanga yesterday.

Also in El Mahas in Dalgo locality, five people suffering from cholera reported to the health centre on Monday, bringing to the total number of infections the centre has seen to 70...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all...ses-recorded-in-darfur-numbers-drop-in-sennar

New cholera cases in Darfur, numbers drop in Sennar
August 7 - 2017 DARFUR / SENNAR

One cholera patient died and 39 new cases were reported in Darfur over the weekend. In eastern Sudan?s Sennar, the spread of the infectious disease seems to be halted.

Speaking to Radio Dabanga from Ghurra Farajawiya in El Sareif Beni Hussein locality in North Darfur, a volunteer reported that one person died of cholera on Saturday.

Four new cases were reported in the area. Two of them were transferred to the isolation unit in the nearby village of Ghurra El Zawiya.

The isolation centre in West Darfur?s Murnei camp for the displaced received 25 new cholera patients on Saturday, a camp elder reported. He said that 47 cholera patients were being treated at the camp?s isolation centre on Sunday.

The isolation ward of the Royal Hospital of Zalingei, capital of Central Darfur, admitted 10 new cases on Saturday and Sunday...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201708290295.html


28 August 2017
Radio Dabanga (Amsterdam)
Sudan: Dozens Die of Cholera in Darfur's East Jebel Marra Within a Week

East Jebel Marra / Kass / Nierteti / Kalma ? The cholera infection rates are rapidly increasing in East Jebel Marra in South Darfur. Last week, more than 300 new patients were recorded in the locality. Dozens of them died. In Kalma camp, eight people died and more than 200 new cases were reported over the weekend. Parents of students in Kass are calling for a temporary closure of the schools until the cholera epidemic is halted in the area.

"The epidemic is taking its toll among villagers and displaced people in ten densely populated areas in East Jebel Marra," Hussein Abusharati, the spokesman for the Darfur Displaced and Refugees Association, told Radio Dabanga...

 

[sharon sanders]

[FONT=&quot]Parliamentary: water-like diarrhea in Al-Fasher Hospital[/FONT]

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Al-Fashir 4 September 2017 - A member of the Legislative Council of the State of North Darfur, Sulaiman Mokhtar Mousi said that similar cases of watery diarrhea appeared in Al-Fasher educational hospital did not specify the quality of the Ministry of Health.
The facade of the main hospital in El Fasher .. Photo of (Sudan Tribune) The deputy (Sudan Tribune) said Monday that he accompanied a patient to Al-Fasher Hospital, and noted the presence of a number of "very large" of patients suffering from diarrhea.
"But so far we have not confirmed whether diarrhea is a watery diarrhea or not, but unfortunately there are at least 11 critical cases."
The MP pointed to a severe shortage of medical staff in the hospital, urging there is one doctor and a nurse
"We appeal to our brothers in the Ministry of Health to focus on the presence of doctors, especially in emergencies and on the days of Eid, many cases of diarrhea, and we wish our brothers in the labs to determine whether they are water showers or not," Suleiman said.
For his part, Director General of the Ministry of Health in the State of North Darfur, Mounir Matar, denied the appearance of any cases of diarrhea in the state. "The diarrhea that came to the hospital is very normal and there are no cases in any of the state hospitals," he told Sudan Tribune.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in its bulletin last week that reports from the Sudanese Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) revealed 30,762 cases of watery diarrhea as of August 18, 2017 in various parts of the country, 657 of them since August last year.
The bulletin, based on the ministry and the World Health Organization, predicted that casualty numbers would range from 30-40,000 cases in the next six to nine months.






http://www.sudantribune.net/%D8%A8%D...A-%D9%81%D9%8A

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all...il&utm_term=0_cb0579777a-b91f19db98-372736641


13 cholera dead in South Darfur capital
September 5 - 2017 NYALA / KASS / KALMA / GARSILA / NIERTETI / FORO BARANGA

Thirteen people died of cholera in a district of Nyala, medical sources reported on Sunday. One of the nearby camps for displaced people is treating ?dozens of infected people?.

The medics and medical volunteers in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur, reported the deaths of 13 people and the infection of 91 people in El Wehda district in the southern part of the city.

There are other casualties which have not been counted yet in El Fiteihad, Kararai, and Khartoum Bileil districts in Nyala. ?The situation in Nyala is out of control and poses dangers to the residents.?

A sheikh in El Salam camp for displaced people, south of Nyala, told Radio Dabanga that two people died of cholera, and five others were infected on Saturday.

?We are concerned that the rate of cholera infections will increase because of the lack of health education and life-saving medicines, amid the continued rains.?...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201709050181.html



4 September 2017
Radio Dabanga (Amsterdam)
Sudan: Tens of Thousands Affected By Cholera, Heavy Rains


Khartoum ? Over 30,700 cases of acute watery diarrhoea were reported throughout the country, reports Federal Ministry of Health. Almost 64,000 people affected by heavy rains and flash floods throughout the country. According to UNHCR there are over 424,000 South Sudanese refugees in Sudan. And the Qatar Fund for Development donates $70million towards development projects in Darfur, reports the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported in its latest biweekly bulletin.

According to the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) as of 18 August 2017, 30,762 cases of Acute Watery Diarrhoea (AWD)-including 657 related deaths-have been reported in the 18 states in the country since August 2016. Based on the attack rate projections another 36,000 to 40,000 cases are expected over the next six to nine months, according to the FMoH and WHO. The AWD is affecting all demographics, with females constituting 54 per cent of the cases and children under five years of age accounting for 8.1 per cent...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201709140458.html


13 September 2017
Radio Dabanga (Amsterdam)
Sudan: Cholera Back in Khartoum North - Two Cases

Khartoum North ? Two cases of cholera appeared in Khartoum North, after the capital of Sudan witnessed a relatively low infection rate for several weeks. The isolation centre in the Nierteti Hospital recorded six new cases in the past two days.

The cholera victims came from Teibat El Ahamda district this weekend and have been taken to the local emergency room, a volunteer reported to Radio Dabanga.

"The emergence of new cases may be a result of the accumulation of rainwater and dirt, and the environmental degradation in the district because of poor drainage."...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201709220191.html



21 September 2017
Radio Dabanga (Amsterdam)
Sudan: Cholera Returns to Red Sea State

Sinkat ? Cholera has reportedly reappeared in Sinkat in Sudan's Red Sea state amid tight secrecy from the authorities, who continue to refuse to declare a cholera epidemic.

Journalist Osman Hashim told Radio Dabanga that three deaths have been reported in the city's districts on Monday and Tuesday, while three more people were in hospital on Wednesday.

He said that the residents throughout the city have launched clean-up and spraying campaigns to reduce the incidences of the disease...

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Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201709220633.html


22 September 2017
Radio Dabanga (Amsterdam)
Sudan: Khartoum State Closes School With Cholera Cases

Khartoum / Jebel Awlia / Sharg El Nil ? The Khartoum state Ministry of Health closed a school in Jebel Awlia locality after more than 20 students suffered from diarrhoea. Five of them were infected with cholera.

State Health Minister Mamoun Humeida announced the news yesterday. He said maintenance will take place in the Nura Koran school in El Salam neighbourhood to provide safe drinking water and toilets, before allowing students to return. He did not specify a period of time for this...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201710180380.html


17 October 2017
Radio Dabanga (Amsterdam)
Sudan: 'Over 35,000' Cholera Cases in Sudan - Who, Ministry

Sudan ? The total number of reported cases of 'acute watery diarrhoea' across 18 states of Sudan has reached over 35,000 people - including 800 related deaths since August 2016 - according to the latest update from the World Health Organization and the Sudanese Ministry of Health.

"The outbreak is affecting all demographics, with females constituting 54 percent of the cases and children below five years of age accounting for 8 percent," the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported in its latest bi-weekly bulletin. Acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) is the term the Sudanese government and international humanitarian organisations active in Sudan, have referred to.

The bulletin continues that "active transmission of AWD is ongoing in all 18 states of Sudan with the exception of West Kordofan and Northern states, where the last reported cases were on 13 August and 12 September, respectively...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2017/12/cholera-kills-462-in-south-sudan/


Cholera kills 462 in South Sudan
Dec 15 2017 - 4:59pm

A cholera outbreak in South Sudan has claimed 462 lives and affected 21,571 others since the onset of the outbreak on June 18, 2016, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.

The WHO Epidemiologist, Joseph Wamala, said this in a statement issued in Juba.

?This has been the longest and largest outbreak in magnitude and geographical extent, its impact exacerbated by the protracted crisis, insecurity, displacements and declining access to safe drinking water and sanitation...

 

[Shiloh]

Source: https://reliefweb.int/report/south-sudan/south-sudan-declares-end-its-longest-cholera-outbreak
[h=1]South Sudan declares the end of its longest cholera outbreak[/h] Report

from World Health Organization Published on 07 Feb 2018

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Juba, South Sudan, 07 February 2018 ? South Sudan declared the end of its longest and largest cholera outbreak on Wednesday (February 07), with no new cases of cholera reported in over seven weeks.
The fight against cholera in South Sudan has involved a range of partners working together to enhance surveillance, deploy rapid response teams to investigate and respond to cases, provide clean water, promote good hygiene practices and treat cholera patients...