Sudan: Overcrowding and Shortages in Port Sudan and Wad Madani

Overcrowing, supply shortages, lacking medical infrastructure, and cash problems are leading to dire situations in cities that are receiving many refugees. The already harsh… Read more »

Sudan: All but One Hospital in Battle Zones Closed or Operating On 'Very Limited Capacity'

The humanitarian situation in Sudan is worsening by the day as fierce fighting has flared up again and more health facilities have collapsed. According to the Sudanese Doctors'… Read more »

Sudan: Fighting Continues in Sudan Capital, UN Warns of Collapse of Health System

Fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) continued in central Khartoum and in a number of neighbourhoods in Omdurman yesterday and in the… Read more »

Sudan: Shelling and Shortages Leave At Least 18 Hospitals Closed and Injured People Stranded

At least 18 hospitals in Sudan, including 13 in Khartoum state and five outside the capital, had to close their doors because of the fierce fighting between the Sudanese army and… Read more »

Sudan: Malaria Outbreak Continues

In Toker, Red Sea state, 80 cases of malaria infections were reported within a week. Four people died. The Ministry of Health in Khartoum has stressed the need for urgent action to… Read more »

Sudan: Treatment Cancelled for Patients of Khartoum Health Insurance Corporation

The director of the Khartoum state Health Insurance Corporation has decided to temporarily suspend the access of patients to health institutions contracted by the corporation,… Read more »

Sudan: Health Ministry Hails National Polio Vaccination Campaign a Success

Reports from the various states of Sudan indicate the success of the first round of the national campaign to respond to the polio epidemic and eliminate vitamin A deficiency by… Read more »

Sudan: Khartoum Witnesses 'Significant Increase' in Dengue Cases Amidst Medical Shortages

The United Doctors' Office told Radio Dabanga that there has been a significant increase in dengue fever cases in Khartoum State, whilst warning of the 'terrible deterioration' of… Read more »

Sudan: Polio - '43 Percent of North Darfur Children Immunised'

Some 43 per cent of targeted children in North Darfur have been covered by the second day of a state-wide immunisation campaign against polio and vitamin A deficiency on Sunday,… Read more »

Sudan: Blue Nile - Prevention Campaign Suspended After Students Suffer Severe Drug Side Effects

Hundreds of school students in Ed Damazin, neighbouring El Roseires, and Kurmuk in Sudan's Blue Nile region suffered complications after taking preventive medicines. The… Read more »

Sudan: Dengue and Malaria Cases Rise in Khartoum

The Ministry of Health in Khartoum has stressed the need for urgent action to control the dengue fever outbreak, along with an increase in malaria infections. Read more »

Sudan: Two More Die As Sudan Dengue Fever Epidemic Spreads in Khartoum State

The Ministry of Health of Khartoum state has initiated several interventions, after two people suffering from dengue fever died on Wednesday. This follows criticism from the United… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan Doctors Blame Ministry of Health for Dengue Spread

A member in the Unified Doctors' Office in Sudan attributed the dengue fever epidemic in Khartoum and other states to the Ministry of Health's failure in stemming the spread with… Read more »

Sudan: Khartoum Dengue Fever Rates Highest Since Records Began

The Ministry of Health in Khartoum state is monitoring 65 new suspected cases and 30 newly confirmed cases of dengue fever. This brings the total number of cases in greater… Read more »

Sudan: Sudan's Blue Nile - Authorities Launch Investigation Into 'Mass Prescription Drug Poisoning'

Authorities in the Blue Nile region launched an investigation to ascertain how at least 60 cases of accidental prescription-drug poisoning were confirmed in the capital's main… Read more »

Sudan: No Irrigation Water for Farmers in Northern El Gezira

Farmers in the northern section ofthe El Gezira Agricultural Schemecomplain of an acuteshortage of waterneeded toirrigate their crops. Read more »

Sudan: Dengue Fever - Two Dead, At Least 169 Confirmed Cases in Khartoum and El Gedaref

Sudan's Federal Minister of Health, Dr Haisam Ibrahim, announced yesterday that dengue fever had emerged in the Khartoum and El Gedaref for the first time, noting that two separate… Read more »