According to the Sudanese Ministry of Health, since July 2024, Sudan has reported 91,034 cholera cases, including 2,302 deaths, in 116 settlements across 17 states.
The outbreak, declared on August 12, 2024, has worsened due to ongoing conflict, heavy rains, and flooding, contaminated water supplies and disrupted health and sanitation infrastructure.
Tawila in North Darfur reported the highest number of infections in a single week (July 12-18, 2025), with 519 cases, while Bileil in South Darfur had the highest number of deaths.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has highlighted the worsening humanitarian crisis, with more than 33.5 million people, including 5.7 million children under five, at risk from the spread of the disease due to collapsed infrastructure. Efforts to contain the outbreak include vaccination campaigns.
UNICEF distributed 404,000 doses of oral cholera vaccine in September 2024. However, challenges such as conflict and low vaccination coverage (which has fallen from 85% before the war to 50% nationwide) remain.
Source: Musitem Haber
