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Sudan: 200 Cases of Cholera outbreak reported
2006-11-08
(SomaliNet) Sudan's Juba area has registered a total of 200 new cases of acute watery diarrhoea since last week, Sudan Tribune reported Tuesday. According to a United Nation's source, another Acute Watery Diarrhea Outbreak is believed to be Cholera in the capital of southern Sudan, Juba. It is believed to have started at Munuki but has rapidly spread to almost all corners of Juba. At least 424 people have been killed and 14,000 others sickened by Cholera out break since January in southern Sudan, and officials are concerned the disease could spread to other countries.

Meanwhile, Cholera has broken out in most states of Sudan, including North and South Darfur, but the toll does not include West Darfur where agencies have little access due to insecurity. Sudan's first suspected cases of Cholera were reported at the end of January in Yei. The disease was then reported in Juba, the capital of southern Sudan, and it has spread quickly. Sudan's Juba city has a population of more than 250,000 people who are known to rely heavily on polluted water from the River Nile.
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