{"id":177239,"date":"2017-11-19T14:34:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-19T14:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/more-haemorrhagic-fever-cases-in-eastern-sudan\/"},"modified":"2017-11-19T14:34:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-19T14:34:00","slug":"more-haemorrhagic-fever-cases-in-eastern-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/more-haemorrhagic-fever-cases-in-eastern-sudan","title":{"rendered":"More haemorrhagic fever cases in eastern Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"

Medical sources report an increasing incidence of haemorrhagic fever in Kassala in eastern Sudan. Three deaths were reported at Kassala hospital in early November.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In an interview with Radio Dabanga a healthcare worker who asked not be named strongly criticised “the authorities’ neglect and lack of seriousness in dealing and coping with the disease.”<\/p>\n

The doctor expressed surprise and dismay that the Ministry of Health has consistently denied an outbreak of the disease in Kassala.<\/p>\n

He said that most patients must receive treatment at home after being seen by doctors in outpatient clinics because of lack of adequate health care in the hospital.<\/p>\n

The doctors called on the government to provide prevention and safety measures for participants in the inter-school competitions that are now beginning.<\/p>\n

They complain that spraying carried out by the Ministry of Health is insufficient.<\/p>\n

Epidemic<\/strong><\/p>\n

Haemorrhagic fever appears in Sudan seasonally each year. In 2014, a political activist reported the “alarming spread<\/a>” of the infectious disease in eastern Sudan’s Red Sea state, while “the state government and health authorities imposed a blackout on the disease”.<\/p>\n

In 2015<\/a> and 2016<\/a>, a few reports about haemorrhagic and Dengue fever cases in eastern Sudan reached this station, while the disease widely spread in Darfur<\/a>. In April this year however, medical sources warned for a possible outbreak of haemorrhagic fever in Red Sea state’s Tokar locality<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Viral haemorrhagic fevers (VHFs) are a group of illnesses caused by four families of viruses. These include the Ebola and Marburg, Lassa fever, and yellow fever viruses. VHFs have common features: they affect many organs, damage the blood vessels, and affect the body's ability to regulate itself.  <\/p>\n