Sudan’s cholera outbreak afflicts thousands as health system collapses

There is still no respite for Sudan’s people as a cholera outbreak which was confirmed in August continues to wreak havoc.

Sudan’s health ministry said Wednesday that 430 people had died as a result of the outbreak in the past month, with 14,000 cases of the disease reported.

Cholera was confirmed in August in the provinces of Kassala, Gedaref, Khartoum, Al-Jazirah and River Nile. It followed heavy rains and flooding.

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