More than 170 cholera dead in a week – Liberation
At least 172 dead on cholera were recorded in a week in Sudan, the Ministry of Health announced on Tuesday, May 27 in a statement after several alerts On the spread of the epidemic in this country at war. « The Federal Center for Emergency Operations in Sudan reported a strong resurgence of cholera, with 2,729 cases and 172 deaths recorded in one week »the state of Khartoum alone concentrating 90 % of new infections, according to the ministry’s press release.
During the first three weeks of May, cholera had already killed 51, according to a previous report from the ministry.
The third largest country in Africa has been divided since April 2023 by the bloody For the power by General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhane, army head and de facto leader of the country since a coup in 2021, and his former right-hand man, Mohamed Hamdane Daglo, commander of the paramilitaries of the rapid support forces (FSR). The conflict, which made tens of thousands of deaths and uprooted 13 million people, devastated an already fragile health system before the war. According to the union of doctors, up to 90 % of hospitals in the country were forced to close temporarily due to clashes.
Before their withdrawal last week, the FSR led several drone strikes in the state of Khartoum, notably against three power plants, thus depriving the city of current for several days. The local water distribution network has also been stopped, according to Doctors Without Borders (MSF).
« Water treatment stations are no longer powered by electricity and can no longer provide drinking water from the Nile »Slaymen Ammar, MSF medical coordinator in Khartoum on Friday. Cholera is an acute intestinal infection which is spread through food and water contaminated by the bacteria Vibrio Cholerae, Often from faeces. It can lead to death in a few hours in the absence of treatment.
