The Preparatory Committee of the Sudanese Doctors’ Syndicate has announced an increase in tuberculosis cases to 100 in Al Jazirah State, alongside the registration of 288 new cases of viral hepatitis.
Meanwhile, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) has warned of the spread of vaccine-preventable diseases in Darfur amid shortages of vaccines, disruptions to cold-chain systems, and widening immunity gaps.
Adeeba Ibrahim Al-Sayed, spokesperson for the Preparatory Committee of the Sudanese Doctors’ Syndicate, said that malaria cases of all types had risen to approximately 405, in addition to 112 recorded cases of dengue fever.
She also indicated that dengue fever continued to spread in Sennar State and the city of Singa, with the cumulative number of infections reaching 5,470 cases, while deaths from the disease had risen to approximately 248 so far.
