A wave of preventable diseases is spreading across Sudan, worsening an already fragile health crisis driven by conflict and displacement.
A Darfur advocacy group reported 892 measles cases and 523 pertussis infections in Kabkabiya, including 23 child deaths.
Severe shortages of vaccines and medicines are accelerating the outbreak, with urgent calls for international intervention to deliver immunisations.
Vaccination campaigns have resumed in parts of Darfur after war halted routine programmes, allowing diseases to spread unchecked.
Sudan’s health authorities confirmed 118 new measles cases across several states, alongside rising dengue, malaria, and hepatitis infections.
River Nile State alone recorded two deaths and 113 new dengue cases in a single day, signalling a growing public health threat.
In Abyei, a medical camp has treated more than 3,000 patients and performed over 340 eye surgeries within five days.
Officials say the influx reflects collapsing health services in war-affected regions, forcing patients to travel in search of basic care.
