Sudan officially declared a cholera outbreak on Saturday, August 17, following a World Health Organization (WHO) report of more than 300 deaths attributed to the disease.
Health Minister Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim confirmed in a statement that laboratory tests of watery diarrhea at the Public Health Laboratory have identified cholera as the cause.
On Friday, WHO spokesperson Margaret Harris said the organization had recorded 11,327 cholera cases and 316 deaths in Sudan. She also noted rising cases of dengue fever and meningitis.
Since the onset of the conflict in April 2023, epidemic diseases such as cholera, malaria, measles, and dengue fever have contributed to significant loss of life in Sudan. The war has displaced over 10 million people and forced 2.2 million to seek refuge in neighboring countries, according to the United Nations.
The conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has resulted in more than 16,000 deaths.
