Sudan yellow fever outbreak accounts for 14 deaths
In a follow-up to a report early last month, the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) in Sudan has notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of a yellow fever (YF) outbreak affecting twelve localities in West and More...
Sudan reports yellow fever outbreak, 20 suspected cases in West Kordofan state
The World Health Organization (WHO) has been notified by the Sudanese Health Ministry of a yellow fever outbreak in West Kordofan state, according to a WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Meditteranean news release. Image/CIA Based More...
Sudan protests leave at least 50 dead as security forces battle activists
Sudanese security forces have killed at least 50 protesters with shots to the head or chest, two rights groups said on Friday, challenging the authorities’ narrative of the worst unrest in Sudan’s central regions More...
UNAMID delivers medical supplies into North Darfur where hepatitis E outbreak occurred in displaced persons
United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) in collaboration with the World Health Organization (WHO) airlifted on 21 May more than 1.5 tons of critically needed medical supplies to thousands of civilians in El Sereif More...
UN agency announces meningitis vaccination campaign in South Sudan
Responding to a meningococcal meningitis outbreak in South Sudan’s Upper Nile, the World Health Organization (WHO) has announced they will carry out a vaccination campaign where the dangerous bacterial infection More...
UN: More than 3,300 South Sudan refugees infected with hepatitis E
The UN refugee agency has reported a surge in the number of cases of Hepatitis E in the four refugee camps near the South Sudan border, according to a recent UNHCR press release. Image/CIA The UN agency says 3,319 More...
Sudan: Third phase in yellow fever vaccination campaign in Darfur to commence this weekend
Photo/CDC The Darfur yellow fever outbreak has affected more than 840 people, killing 171 people in 35 localities in Darfur since the outbreak began during the last months of 2012. Thanks to the international More...
Darfur yellow fever outbreak update: 849 cases and 171 deaths
Image/CIA The Greater Darfur yellow fever outbreak that began during the last quarter of 2012 has expanded to affect 35 localities in Central, South, West, North, and East Darfur, according to a “Situation Report” More...
Sudan faces many obstacles in battle with trachoma epidemic
Trachoma Carter Center Video Screen Shot The Greater Darfur region is not only in the middle of a serious yellow fever outbreak, but this area of Sudan also face an epidemic of the blinding bacterial disease, More...
Yellow fever vaccines arrive in Sudan, vaccination campaign to commence this week
The yellow fever vaccine campaign that was originally said to begin the first week of December will begin at least a week earlier than previously thought, according to a World Health Organization (WHO)- Sudan More...
North Darfur sees spike in measles cases post-Eid al-Adha
While nine localities in Central, South and West Darfur battle a severe yellow fever outbreak, which has claimed at least 42 lives so far, North Darfur is seeing a spike in measles in the past week, according to More...
Darfur yellow fever outbreak kills at least 32 in October
The disease which has claimed more than 30 lives in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region this month has been identified as the mosquito borne viral disease, yellow fever. Image/CIA Sudan’s Federal Ministry of More...
From Kabul to Beirut, the Muslim protests continue across the Middle East
Riots for outside US military base in Afghanistan and the US Embassy in Indonesia. U.S. Air Force photo by by Senior Airman Grovert Fuentes-Contreras Hundreds of protesters, claiming to be motivated by the insulting More...
Sudanese refugees facing hepatitis E outbreak, 16 killed
The South Sudan in the midst of government forces clashing with rebels, a mass influx of refugees are fleeing as fast as possible. Image/CIA Faced with unimaginable violence, the exodus has began, but with this More...