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Cholera response plan launched in Sudan

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UNICEF Sudan team in Damazine in Blue Nile state inspecting the chlorine disinfectant spray used inside homes to kill the bacteria. © UNICEF

Humanitarian partners in Sudan have launched a three-month cholera response plan to urgently address the current outbreak that has killed eight and affected at least 231 people so far in the Blue Nile and Sennar states. Without immediate action the UN estimates over 13,000 cholera cases could result in the next 6 months in eight high-risk states in Sudan (Blue Nile, Sennar, Gezira, Khartoum, Gadaref, White Nile, Kassala, and River Nile).

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