He cholera outbreak that ravage Sudan for months, already considered as One of the most serious in recent historyhas caused At least 40 dead In the region of Darfur only In a weekaccording to the Oenegé doctors without borders (MSF), and has called on the International community a responder con urgency to one “catastrophic” situation.
He Ministry of Sudanese Health had registered until August 11 almost 100,000 suspected cholera cases y More than 2,470 deaths And the situation worries in the areas that have suffered the most havoc of the civil war started in 2023how can it be Darfur.
It is in these areas where the care of the essential hygiene and sanitation measures that would contribute to contain the outbreak. In Tawila, where about 380,000 people fleeing from the clashes unleashed between the Sudanese army and the paramilitaries in the immediate vicinity of the city of El Pasher, the teams of the MSF They had already attended until the end of July more than 2,300 patients.
Contaminated sources
The treatment center established in the local hospital, with 130 beds, housed about 400 patients in the first week of August, which shows the magnitude of a crisis what exceeds assistance capacity of local authorities and that threatens to extend to neighboring countries, where thousands of refugees continue to arrive.
The coordinator of MSF projects in Tawila, Sylvain Penicaud, has warned in a statement that displaced and the refugees often “They have no choice but to drink water from contaminated sources”. “Two weeks ago, a corpse was located in a well of these camps. They removed it but, two days later, people had to drink again that same water,” he said.
Las heavy rains have also contributed to finishing contaminate water and of damage las precarious infrastructure of sanitation And the MSF Mission Chief in Sudan, Tuna Turkmen, has warned that “the current situation goes beyond the urgent.” “The international response must include an emergency coordination mechanism capable of offering health care, improving water and sanitation services and starting vaccination campaigns against cholera in the areas affected at a pace that covers the urgency that requires such a catastrophic situation,” he added.
Turkmen has stressed that “the survivors of the war cannot be allowed to die for a preventable disease “ assures to add: “Every day of delay it costs lives.”
