{"id":32864,"date":"2026-04-23T17:59:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32864"},"modified":"2026-04-23T17:59:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T15:59:53","slug":"deadly-meningitis-spreads-as-sudanese-refugees-pack-chad-camps-msf","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/deadly-meningitis-spreads-as-sudanese-refugees-pack-chad-camps-msf\/","title":{"rendered":"Deadly meningitis spreads as Sudanese refugees pack Chad camps: MSF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Measles is also spreading in the border \u200btown of Adre, where an increase in \u200barrivals in recent weeks has left camps overcrowded, \u2060making it easier for diseases to spread, the medical \u200baid group said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Out of 212 children \u200badmitted to MSF facilities with meningitis from March to April, 25 had died, &#8220;a shocking case fatality rate,&#8221; MSF added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Every day, we \u200bsee children arriving with severe measles, often complicated by \u200bpneumonia, requiring urgent hospitalisation,&#8221; Isabelle Kavira, MSF Medical Activity Manager in \u200cAdre, \u2060said. &#8220;At the same time, bed occupancy for meningitis is close to 100%, saturating our capacity and compromising care for other conditions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More than 1.3 million Sudanese refugees are living \u200bin neighbouring \u200bChad, according to \u2060United Nations figures, including survivors of mass killings and famine in Darfur.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Most arrived since \u200bthe start of the conflict in Sudan between \u200bthe army \u2060and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in April 2023. Chad&#8217;s health ministry and MSF staff have given emergency vaccinations to \u2060more \u200bthan 95 500 children against measles and \u200bto 337 800 people against meningitis in the most affected areas, the \u200bcharity said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32866,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-32864","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Cases of deadly meningitis are surging in eastern Chad, killing nearly 12% \u200bof children who catch it in an area \u200chousing hundreds of thousands of war refugees from neighbouring Sudan, M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) said on Thursday.","published_date":"","news_description":"Cases of deadly meningitis are surging in eastern Chad, killing nearly 12% \u200bof children who catch it in an area \u200chousing hundreds of thousands of war refugees from neighbouring Sudan, M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res (MSF) said on Thursday.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32867,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32864\/revisions\/32867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=32864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}