{"id":181065,"date":"2016-02-11T17:27:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T17:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/tb-spreading-fast-in-eastern-sudan-s-toker\/"},"modified":"2016-02-11T17:27:00","modified_gmt":"2016-02-11T17:27:00","slug":"tb-spreading-fast-in-eastern-sudan-s-toker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/tb-spreading-fast-in-eastern-sudan-s-toker","title":{"rendered":"TB spreading fast in eastern Sudan\u2019s Toker"},"content":{"rendered":"

People living in Eshet, near Toker in Red Sea state, suffer from a fast spreading outbreak of tuberculosis.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The people in the area are weakened by poverty, and there are no health facilities available miles around here,” a resident of Eshet complained to Radio Dabanga.<\/p>\n

“That is why the tuberculosis is able to spread so fast,” he explained, and condemned the expulsion of foreign aid organisations in the past years.<\/p>\n

“The pharmacy of Eshet exists of a small room and is almost empty. To see a doctor or to buy medicines we have to go to Toker or Sawakin.”<\/p>\n

He added that “the already dire living conditions in Eshet deteriorated last year. The people avoid eating meat or drink milk after a rabies epidemic in the area, though even if they would like to eat meat, they would not be able to afford it. The restaurants in Eshet suffered large losses.”<\/p>\n

Soaring prices<\/strong><\/p>\n

He further complained of the surge in the consumer goods prices.<\/p>\n

Residents of the Red Sea state capital of Port Sudan also condemned the growing costs of living after the Sudanese government lifted the subsidies on fuel in January.<\/p>\n

“We now pay SDG40 ($6.50) for a kilogram of fish from the Red Sea. Butchers sell beef for SDG60 ($10) a kilogram, and mutton for SDG70 ($11.50), while an average family has to make do with SDG500 to SDG1,000 a month,” one of them said.<\/p>\n

“Many people cannot afford to buy cooking gas any more after its price was hit by a trifold increase. They now resort to charcoal and firewood for heating water and cooking meals.”<\/p>\n