{"id":175671,"date":"2018-10-03T13:59:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-03T13:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/six-die-of-diarrhoea-in-eastern-sudan-s-kassala\/"},"modified":"2018-10-03T13:59:00","modified_gmt":"2018-10-03T13:59:00","slug":"six-die-of-diarrhoea-in-eastern-sudan-s-kassala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/six-die-of-diarrhoea-in-eastern-sudan-s-kassala","title":{"rendered":"Six die of \u2018diarrhoea\u2019 in eastern Sudan\u2019s Kassala"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday and Monday, six acute diarrhoea patients died in Kassala state.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speaking to Radio Dabanga, an activist reported that four patients died in El Digein in Aroma on Sunday. Two others died on Monday.<\/p>\n

“There are hardly any healthcare workers in the area. Therefore, we do not know the causes of the diarrhoea,” he said.<\/p>\n

He called on the authorities to intervene to contain the disease.<\/p>\n

Chikungunya<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kassala is currently plagued by chikungunya fever. The outbreak began in August<\/a> after heavy rains hit the state and El Gash river flooded large pieces of land.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, government officials reported that at least 13,400 people are infected<\/a> with the mosquito-borne disease. More than 2,000 patients must have died<\/a>.<\/p>\n

According to medical doctor and university professor Tajeldin Mohamedein<\/a>, “the health of many people in eastern Sudan is far from good because of poor nutrition caused by poverty”.<\/p>\n

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