Sudan: Omdurman - a Microcosm of Sudan's Desperate Health Crisis

This report is part of a joint newsroom initiative spearheaded by the Sudan Media Forum under the #StandWithSudan* campaign. Read more »

Sudan: Cholera Epidemic Spreads in Eastern Sudan

Official sources within Sudan's Ministry of Health confirmed eight deaths, and 128 new cases of cholera in Kassala and El Gedaref states yesterday. The Emergency Room indicated in… Read more »

Sudan: Vital Supplies for Children Held By RSF in Darfur - MSF

International medical humanitarian organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), lament that medical and nutritional care in famine-scourged Zamzam camp for internally… Read more »

Sudan: Cholera Cases Surge in Sudan, Health Campaigns Intensify

The Federal Health Ministry reported a rise in cholera cases to 556, with 27 deaths, predominantly in in eastern Sudan's Kassala. The ministry recorded 49 new cases across 16… Read more »

Sudan: Mother of Mercy Hospital - a Lifeline in Sudan's Nuba Mountains

In the remote Nuba Mountains of Sudan's South Kordofan region, the Mother of Mercy Hospital has become a critical lifeline for thousands. Established in March 2008, the hospital… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan Doctors Alarmed At 'Mysterious' Eye Disease Outbreak

Ophthalmologists have raised their concerns over a perplexing eye disease spreading rapidly across Darfur over the past two weeks, including Nyala in South Darfur and Ed Daein in… Read more »

Sudan: TB/HIV Meds Worth $900k Land in Port Sudan - UNDP

More than 20 tonnes of essential medicines, diagnostics, valued at just under $900,000, arrived in Port Sudan on charter flight from Nairobi on July 20, "to ensure the continuation… Read more »

Sudan: Two Sudanese Red Crescent Volunteers Die in Sennar Fighting

Two Sudanese Red Crescent Society (SRCS) humanitarian volunteers have died 'in the line of duty' during the escalating violence between the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)… Read more »

Sudan: Hospital Shelled in Renewed North Darfur Clashes

Reports indicate that the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) bombed the Saudi Hospital, causing partial destruction to the facility in North Darfur's capital of El Fasher… Read more »

Sudan: Darfur's 'Only Dialysis Centre' Hit By RSF

On Sunday, the only remaining dialysis centre in El Fasher, North Darfur was targeted by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), causing severe damage to equipment and buildings. There are… Read more »

Sudan: Hospital, Camp Hit in Lethal North Darfur Shelling

The Rapid Support Forces RSF have reportedly killed staff and patients, in a hospital In El Fasher, capital of North Darfur,. Abu Shouk camp for the displaced has faced more… Read more »

Sudan: Medicines Airdropped Into Besieged North Darfur Capital

12 people were killed in El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, on Sunday evening due to artillery shelling by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has besieged the city for more… Read more »

Sudan: Counterfeit and Expired Medicines Sold On Sudan Markets

Sudan's National Council for Drugs and Toxins issued a warning last week regarding the unknown packaging of Amidol 500 mg tablets used as a painkiller. This warning redrew… Read more »

Sudan: Dengue Fever Threatens Khartoum Bahri

In an interview with Radio Dabanga yesterday, Ryan Saleh Eldin denounced the security situation and lack of medicine in Bahri (Khartoum North), where there are over 300 suspected… Read more »

Sudan: Fatal Illness Grips West Darfur Camp

Troubling reports originating from the Kandobi camp in West Darfur suggest the emergence of a new epidemic, which is believed to be responsible for the recent significant increase… Read more »

Sudan: Drama Workshops by Displaced Provide Psychological Support in Blue Nile

The Dramatists Initiative in the Blue Nile region is providing psychological support to displaced people who fled Khartoum, El Gezira, and other states in Sudan after the war broke… Read more »

Sudan: Cholera and Dengue Fever Rates Increase in North Kordofan

The North Kordofan Health Ministry yesterday reported an increase in cholera and dengue fever patients. At least 47 cholera cases and 817 dengue fever cases have been recorded this… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's Sennar Reports Increase in Cholera Cases

At least five people died from cholera in Sennar last week, the state Ministry of Health reported yesterday. Of the 140 patients being treated in January, 129 fully recovered, six… Read more »

Sudan: South Darfur Health Centre Closure Sparks New Humanitarian Crisis

South Darfur's health authorities announced the closure of a primary health centre in the capital of Nyala, citing a critical shortage of medical supplies and an inability to treat… Read more »

Sudan: No Clean Drinking Water in South Darfur Capital

People living in the capital of South Darfur are getting sick from drinking polluted water, caused by the battles that took place in the city from end April until October 26, when… Read more »

Sudan: 'Complete Lack of Medicines' As Cholera Rates Rise in Sudan

Sudan continues to witness a rapid increase in cholera cases, with a daily rise in the death toll. According to a report by the Sudanese Ministry of Health in Port Sudan yesterday,… Read more »

Sudan: Death Toll Rises in Sudan Cholera and Dengue Outbreak

Sudan's Red Sea and El Gedaref states report a steady increase in cases of cholera as the seasonal outbreak of disease takes hold. The death toll is rising daily. Read more »

Sudan: Cholera - Public Urged to Take Measures As Deaths Rise

Health ministries in Sudan states are calling on the public to take measures to curtail the spread of cholera, and the proliferation of mosquito vectors for dengue, as the seasonal… Read more »

Sudan: 1.5 Million Cholera Vaccines Rolled Out in Sudan's El Gedaref

El Dawim Emergency Room in White Nile state recorded one death and six new cases of cholera on Monday, bringing the cumulative number of deaths to 16 and cases to 163 in the state,… Read more »

Sudan: MSF - 'Hundreds of Lives At Risk As Logistics Ban in Capital Strangles Supply'

International medical relif organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has said it may have to halt surgical operations at the Turkish hospital in southern Khartoum,… Read more »