Acute jaundice kills 34 in North and South Darfur
A reported 34 people in North Darfur’s El Sareif locality have died from acute jaundice syndrome from January 2013 to date. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has sent essential medical supplies to the affected areas. According to the North Darfur State Ministry of Health, 2,572 cases have been reported, with 34 deaths, in El Sareif locality from January 2013 to date. The most affected areas are the villages of Abuseniena and Umjamina, where displaced people have settled. Most of these people were displaced from the Jebel Amir area following conflict between the Rizeigat and Beni Hussein tribes in January 2013, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported in its Humanitarian Bulletin of 3-9 February. In response to the outbreak, the WHO sent essential medical supplies for 59,000 people in the area. Furthermore, WHO conducted trainings for health workers on outbreak investigation, response and case management. In addition, an estimated 1,900 people received health education sessions, and cleaning campaigns, water testing and water chlorination activities took place. Finally, WHO provided financial support to cover the running costs of the area’s health facilities. South Darfur In South Darfur, the international NGO Médecins Sans Frontières-Belgium (MSF-B) reported on 5 February that since January 2014, 51 suspected cases of acute jaundice syndrome had been registered in El Sareif camp for the displaced in Nyala locality. Eight cases were confirmed, while six cases were diagnosed as Hepatitis E. Two more cases of acute jaundice syndrome were reported from Kalma camp, Nyala locality, by the international organisation Merlin. The national organisation Patients Helping Fund-Sudan also reported a further case of acute jaundice syndrome in El Dereig camp, Nyala locality. The State Ministry of Health has requested all health partners working in the camps for the displaced to intensify efforts in identifying and reporting cases of acute jaundice syndrome. File photo: A doctor examining a child in El Sareif hospital, North Darfur (Albert Gonzalez Farran/Unamid)
A reported 34 people in North Darfur’s El Sareif locality have died from acute jaundice syndrome from January 2013 to date. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has sent essential medical supplies to the affected areas.
According to the North Darfur State Ministry of Health, 2,572 cases have been reported, with 34 deaths, in El Sareif locality from January 2013 to date. The most affected areas are the villages of Abuseniena and Umjamina, where displaced people have settled.
Most of these people were displaced from the Jebel Amir area following conflict between the Rizeigat and Beni Hussein tribes in January 2013, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported in its Humanitarian Bulletin of 3-9 February.
In response to the outbreak, the WHO sent essential medical supplies for 59,000 people in the area. Furthermore, WHO conducted trainings for health workers on outbreak investigation, response and case management. In addition, an estimated 1,900 people received health education sessions, and cleaning campaigns, water testing and water chlorination activities took place. Finally, WHO provided financial support to cover the running costs of the area’s health facilities.
South Darfur
In South Darfur, the international NGO Médecins Sans Frontières-Belgium (MSF-B) reported on 5 February that since January 2014, 51 suspected cases of acute jaundice syndrome had been registered in El Sareif camp for the displaced in Nyala locality. Eight cases were confirmed, while six cases were diagnosed as Hepatitis E.
Two more cases of acute jaundice syndrome were reported from Kalma camp, Nyala locality, by the international organisation Merlin. The national organisation Patients Helping Fund-Sudan also reported a further case of acute jaundice syndrome in El Dereig camp, Nyala locality. The State Ministry of Health has requested all health partners working in the camps for the displaced to intensify efforts in identifying and reporting cases of acute jaundice syndrome.
File photo: A doctor examining a child in El Sareif hospital, North Darfur (Albert Gonzalez Farran/Unamid)
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