A sweeping cholera vaccination campaign began in Nyala, South Darfur, as health officials battle a rapidly expanding epidemic threatening the region.
Since late May, cholera has infected 5,242 people and claimed 258 lives in Nyala alone, underscoring the outbreak’s deadly urgency.
The South Darfur Ministry of Health said the operation targets one million residents in Nyala North, Nyala Municipality, and Bilil locality.
Officials confirmed the campaign’s first phase will span ten days, with logistical and technical support provided by the World Health Organization.
Federal Health Minister Alaa El-Din Nugud announced a second shipment of vaccines had entered Sudan through Chad, expanding the drive across Darfur.
He said the ministry’s immediate focus is containing the epidemic, while safeguarding maternal and child health amid the mounting humanitarian crisis.
Nugud added that building an integrated health system remains vital, as Sudan’s medical infrastructure continues to wither under the pressures of war.
For many families in Nyala, the campaign offers a fragile shield against an invisible enemy moving swiftly through water and weakened communities.
The ten-day push is being framed as both a medical intervention and a beacon of hope, amid worsening hardship across South Darfur.
As syringes puncture the arms of the young and the old, officials hope science and solidarity can outpace a disease unrelenting in its spread.
