Health Alerts

An outbreak of a Rift Valley fever in Northern State has had the greatest impact on Merowe and Ed Debba residents and caused thousands of deaths and miscarriages in their livestock. Disagreement exists between local and state actors on the extent of the outbreak which as sickened at least 1,490 people and killed at least 63. In the neighbouring state of North Darfur, floods have given rise to intensive mosquito-borne disease activity - up to 60,000 people are now said to be infected with malaria. Meanwhile, across the western border into Chad, the chikungunya outbreak in the eastern provinces of Ouaddai, Biltine and Sila has shown some decline following the gradual introduction of mosquito fumigation systems and the distribution of insecticide-treated nets. The WHO has also expressed some concern in its measles risk assessment for Chad, finding a ‘very high risk of transmission during the next measles season, expected in the fourth quarter of 2020 to June 2021’ due to lapses in disease monitoring and vaccine coverage/funding. Read More