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WHO official: More than 300 cholera deaths reported in Sudan

WHO official: More than 300 cholera deaths reported in Sudan
A handout photograph, shot in January 2024, shows a woman and baby at the Zamzam displacement camp, close to El Fasher in North Darfur, Sudan. An assessment by Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) in January found that at the camp, which is home to an estimated 400,000 people, two babies were dying every hour. Nearly 40% of children aged six months to two years old were malnourished, the group found. (Photo: MSF/Mohamed Zakaria/Handout via REUTERS)

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WHO official Margaret Harris said in a media call that 11,327 cholera cases with 316 deaths had been reported.

The humanitarian crisis from the civil war in Sudan is also exacerbating infections, including cholera, and the bacterial disease has killed more than 300 people in the region, a World Health Organisation official said on Friday.

WHO official Margaret Harris said in a media call that 11,327 cholera cases with 316 deaths had been reported and that dengue fever and meningitis infections were also on the rise.

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"We expect to have more than has been reported," she added.

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