{"id":176006,"date":"2018-07-23T15:23:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-23T15:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/new-cases-of-measles-in-eastern-sudan-s-suakin\/"},"modified":"2018-07-23T15:23:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-23T15:23:00","slug":"new-cases-of-measles-in-eastern-sudan-s-suakin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/new-cases-of-measles-in-eastern-sudan-s-suakin","title":{"rendered":"New cases of measles in eastern Sudan\u2019s Suakin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Five new cases of measles were recorded among children in Suakin locality in Red Sea state last week.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“This brings the total number of infections to 475 cases since February,” journalist Osman Hashim told Radio Dabanga<\/p>\n

“Most of the families in these localities are very poor, and unable to take their sick children to a health centre or a hospital in Port Sudan, also because of the lack of transportation resulting from the fuel crisis,” he said.<\/p>\n

Hashim remarked that the infectious disease is spreading in particular in Sinkat, Tokar, and Suakin localities. “There are almost no measles cases in Port Sudan city.”<\/p>\n

Medical authorities complain about the lack of federal support for a vaccination campaign against measles in Red Sea state.<\/p>\n

“This has negatively affected the number of cadres working for immunisation programmes in the countryside,” a medic explained.<\/p>\n

‘Epidemic’<\/strong><\/p>\n

Earlier this month<\/a>, the health sector of the Communist Party of Sudan (CPoS) reported a rise in the incidences of measles in the country this year by 158 per cent compared to 2017.<\/p>\n

CPoS medics said in a press conference in Khartoum that the number of confirmed measles amounted to 1,301 so far, compared to 504 cases in 2017. The disease is spreading most in North Darfur.<\/p>\n

The party called on the government to immediately declare an epidemic.<\/p>\n

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