Overview

• Health officials reported 172 deaths and over 2,500 cholera infections in the past week, concentrated in Khartoum and Omdurman.
• Doctors Without Borders treated nearly 2,000 suspected cases in seven days but warns its treatment centers are overwhelmed and patients often arrive too late for effective care.
• Health Minister Haitham Ibrahim said returning displaced residents have strained Khartoum’s dwindling water supply, driving the outbreak.
• Cholera has also appeared in North Kordofan, Sennar, Gazira, White Nile and Nile River provinces, indicating a wider spread.
• More than two years of fighting between the Sudanese army and RSF forced the closure of up to 90% of hospitals, collapsing Sudan’s healthcare system.