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Low Immunization, Shortages Spark Measles Outbreak in Sudan

Between June 2024 and May 2025, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) treated over 9,950 measles patients in Darfur, Sudan, amid a growing outbreak across all four Darfur states and parts of East Chad. 

At least 2,700 cases were complicated cases requiring admission to the hospital, and 35 deaths were recorded. 

The outbreak has been fuelled by chronically low immunisation rates, conflict-related disruptions, and vaccine shortages worsened by road blockades and administrative delays. This led to disruption in routine immunisation programmes in several locations, sometimes for months. 

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Thibault Fendler/MSF

Zeineb Adam – in the foreground – watches after her daughter, Safa, 6 months, in one of the three isolation wards MSF set-up in Rokero hospital, to treat the influx of severe measles cases that has been ongoing since June 2024.

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