Birao, May 07 (Darfur24) Officials at the Birao refugee camp in the Central African Republic (CAR) said on Wednesday that at least 103 people have died during a measles outbreak over the past two weeks, amid collapsing health conditions and a severe shortage of medical services. According to camp authorities,Continue Reading
Zalingei, April 28 (Darfur24) At least 15 displaced people were injured on Monday when a drone strike hit Al-Hamidiya camp in Zalingei, Central Darfur, in an attack residents and local sources attributed to the Sudanese army. A medical source at Zalingei Teaching Hospital told Darfur24 that the wounded—including women, children,Continue Reading
El Fasher, April 27 (Darfur24) The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced on Sunday the distribution of 1.2 million insecticide-treated mosquito nets across North Darfur, as part of efforts to protect children and families from malaria. The campaign coincides with World Malaria Day, observed on April 25, and comes asContinue Reading
Kadugli, April 24 (Darfur24) At least 11 tuberculosis patients have died in Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan State, during the first quarter of this year, amid a near-total collapse of healthcare services and the prolonged closure of the city’s specialized TB unit, medical sources told Darfur24. A medical sourceContinue Reading
Port Sudan, April 24 (Darfur24) More than 10 civilians were killed in a drone strike on the town of Um Dukhun in Central Darfur State, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said, expressing alarm over escalating violence in the region. According to OCHA, the attackContinue Reading
Jebel Marra, April 22 (Darfur24) Doctors Without Borders (MSF) announced on Wednesday that its teams, in coordination with Sudan’s Ministry of Health, vaccinated about 56,000 children in areas south of Jebel Marra in Central Darfur during an emergency campaign conducted between April 1 and 6. The campaign was launched inContinue Reading
Nyala, April 21 (Darfur24) The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) announced on Monday the resumption of measles vaccination campaigns in South Darfur State amid a growing outbreak of the disease across the Darfur region. In a statement posted on its official platforms, UNICEF announced that measles and rubella vaccination campaignsContinue Reading
Shangil Tobaya – Darfur24 Medical staff and volunteers in North Darfur reported on Thursday a worsening measles outbreak across several areas of the region, with rising deaths and infections amid acute shortages of vaccines and medical supplies. In Um Katkout town in Al-Tawisha locality, southeast of El Fasher, the emergencyContinue Reading
Kabkabiya, April 13 (Darfur24) At least 23 children have died, and more than 200 others have been infected as measles and whooping cough spread rapidly in Kabkabiya, west of El Fasher in North Darfur, amid a deepening health crisis and acute shortages of vaccines and medicines. The emergency room inContinue Reading
Shangil Tobaya, April 11 (Darfur24) The death toll from a measles outbreak in Shangil Tobaya, North Darfur, has risen to 11 after five more children died in the past two days, as infections continue to spread rapidly in the town and surrounding displacement camps. The local emergency room stated inContinue Reading