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Polio outbreak in Sudan successfully stopped and declared closed
Khartoum, 18 September 2022 – Sudan’s outbreak of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) has been successfully stopped, according to experts from WHO, UNICEF and the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Declared in 15 out of 18 states, the outbreak was caused by a circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus...
Integrated public health teams: helping Sudan move forward on polio transition
13 March 2022 – An important milestone in integrating 4 key public health programmes was reached last week in Khartoum, Sudan. Staff from 4 critical areas of state-level health care – poliovirus eradication, immunization, health emergencies, and health system strengthening – met to operationalize their work across all 18 states in Sudan as...
Joint statement by WHO and UNICEF in Sudan: Zero cases of polio reported in Sudan since 2020, over 8 million children reached with polio vaccines
A young Sudanese boy is vaccinated against polio on 28 November 2020 during the first vaccination campaign of Sudan's polio outbreak response. Copyright WHO Khartoum, 26 January 2022 – Sudan's Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) declared an outbreak of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) on 8 August 2020. The outbreak affected 58...
Attacks on health care in Sudan must stop now
Statement by Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean Cairo, Egypt, 11 January 2022 – The World Health Organization (WHO) is following with great concern the escalating crisis in Sudan, including 15 reported attacks on health care workers and health facilities since November 2021 in Khartoum and other cities, 11 of...
Statement by WHO Representative in Sudan at the Regional press briefing on COVID-19
22 December 2021 - Sudan is witnessing the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The first case was reported in the country in March 2020. By September 21st 2021 Sudan had more than 85,000 suspected COVID-19 cases -- of which 45,730 confirmed by lab results -- with 3,518 associated deaths. Out of 1,041 health workers tested in Sudan, 64% were...
WHO to expand support to strengthen delivery of primary health care and essential health services through Canadian grant
24 August 2021 – WHO Representative Dr Ni’ma Saeed Abd met on 17 August with H.E. Adrian Norfolk, the Canadian Ambassador in Khartoum, to discuss the joint collaboration between WHO and Government of Canada in supporting Sudan to accelerate progress towards attaining universal health coverage (UHC) and health security. In March 2021, WHO and the...
Sudan launches yellow fever vaccination campaign among Ethiopian refugees and host communities
Sudanese authorities carried out an oral cholera and yellow fever vaccination campaign among Ethiopian refugees at Hamdayeet reception centre, Kassala State, from 23 to 26 March 2021 27 April 2021 – Health authorities in Sudan began implementing yellow fever vaccination campaign activities last month in priority states as part of a broader...
Khali Mein El Ferendit campaign launched in Sudan for the start of Ramadan
22 April 2021 – Guinea worm disease (dracunculiasis) is a parasitic disease contracted by drinking-water contaminated with the infected intermediate hosts of the parasite, called Cyclops. The full-grown guinea worm begins to migrate throughout the infected person's body within about a year after ingestion. Sudan is at pre-certification stage and...
Sudan receives first delivery of COVID-19 vaccines with over 800 000 doses
Sudan becomes first country in the Middle East and North Africa to receive vaccines via the COVAX Facility Initial doses to health care workers and people above 45 with chronic medical conditions KHARTOUM, 3 March 2021 – Sudan is the first country in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to receive vaccines against COVID-19 following the arrival...
