Scabies and whooping cough epidemic among North Darfur children

22/10/2013 20:32

Forty-five children in North Darfur are reportedly suffering from scabies and another 27 are said to be afflicted by whooping cough. A medical source told Radio Dabanga that the Federal Ministry of Health has sent a emergency team to the state to investigate and intervene. The source said that the scabies reached North Darfur from West Darfur and that the medical team will begin the necessary health interventions. “Medicines will be sent and the patients will be treated as soon as possible in order to restrict the spread of the diseases,” he noted.  File photo by Albert González Farran/Unamid Related:Livestock infected with scabies in South Darfur (27 September 2013)‘Scabies in West Darfur came from Jebel ‘Amer’: Minister (13 September 2013)Scabies epidemic in West Darfur (12 September 2013)

Forty-five children in North Darfur are reportedly suffering from scabies and another 27 are said to be afflicted by whooping cough. A medical source told Radio Dabanga that the Federal Ministry of Health has sent a emergency team to the state to investigate and intervene.

The source said that the scabies reached North Darfur from West Darfur and that the medical team will begin the necessary health interventions. “Medicines will be sent and the patients will be treated as soon as possible in order to restrict the spread of the diseases,” he noted. 

File photo by Albert González Farran/Unamid

Related:

Livestock infected with scabies in South Darfur (27 September 2013)

‘Scabies in West Darfur came from Jebel ‘Amer’: Minister (13 September 2013)

Scabies epidemic in West Darfur (12 September 2013)