{"id":39288,"date":"2026-07-10T15:11:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-10T13:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=39288"},"modified":"2026-07-10T15:11:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T13:11:47","slug":"sudans-cholera-outbreak-may-get-worse-due-to-conflict-rains","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/sudans-cholera-outbreak-may-get-worse-due-to-conflict-rains\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cSudan&#8217;s cholera outbreak may get worse due to conflict,\u00a0rains\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">A cholera outbreak in Sudan could get worse as war, displacement and the onset of the \u200brainy season threaten to exacerbate a humanitarian crisis in \u200cthe country, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Friday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">The cholera outbreak declared on June 27, which has killed at least 114 people and infected \u200bmore than 1 300 others, is spreading across several Sudanese states, \u200bparticularly in Darfur and Kordofan, where access for aid \u2060and healthcare workers remains severely constrained, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8220;Cholera is \u200bback,&#8221; the WHO representative in Sudan, Shible Sahbani, told reporters in \u200bGeneva via video link from Libya.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8220;There is a case fatality rate of 13.7%, which is extremely high, and of course, the rainy season is expected to \u200bworsen the situation,&#8221; Sahbani added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Cholera is a severe and potentially fatal \u200bdiarrhoeal disease that spreads quickly when sewage and drinking water are not adequately \u200ctreated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Sudan \u2060faces the world&#8217;s largest humanitarian emergency, with more than 33 million people in need of assistance and 21 million requiring health services, according to the WHO.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">Sahbani expressed particular concern about the situation \u200bin the besieged \u200bcity of al-Obeid, \u2060the capital of North Kordofan, where health facilities are overwhelmed and humanitarian access is difficult amid \u200bintensifying fighting between Sudan&#8217;s army and the paramilitary \u200bRapid Support \u2060Forces.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":20679,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-39288","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Cholera outbreak in Sudan could get worse","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39288","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\/39288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39289,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/39288\/revisions\/39289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=39288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}