{"id":184166,"date":"2014-10-23T15:44:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-23T15:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/kala-azar-outbreak-in-sudan-s-south-kordofan\/"},"modified":"2014-10-23T15:44:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T15:44:00","slug":"kala-azar-outbreak-in-sudan-s-south-kordofan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/kala-azar-outbreak-in-sudan-s-south-kordofan","title":{"rendered":"Kala-azar outbreak in Sudan\u2019s South Kordofan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>People in Abu Karshola locality, South Kordofan, complain about the spread of kala-azar<span style=\"font-family: sans-serif; color: #252525; font-size: x-small;\"><span style=\"line-height: 21.988636016845703px;\"><strong>*.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A resident of the locality told Radio Dabanga that the people sought assistance from the South Kordofan state and federal health ministries three months ago to contain the disease. \u201cUntil now, there was no response.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said that the disease became epidemic, after \u201cthe spread of sandflies all over the locality during the start of the rainy season\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The commissioner of Abu Karshola locality, Gareig Kambal, told reporters on Wednesday that more than 1,000 people are infected. He said that he informed the Federal Ministry of Health about the outbreak in June.<\/p>\n<p><em>* V<em>isceral leishmaniasis<\/em>, also known as \u201cblack fever\u201d, is a parasitic disease, killing nearly all of those infected. It is caused by the bite of sandflies. If blood containing leishmania parasites is drawn from an animal or human, the next person to receive a bite will then become infected and develop leishmaniasis. Months after this initial infection the disease can progress into the more severe form of kala-azar<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>File photo: The &nbsp;sandfly is small enough to get through the tiny holes of a standard mosquito net (timesofmalta.com)<!--break--><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-large superwebshare-button-square superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #d52631;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share article<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People in Abu Karshola locality, South Kordofan, complain about the spread of kala-azar*. A resident of the locality told Radio Dabanga that the people sought assistance from the South Kordofan state and federal health ministries three months ago to contain the disease. \u201cUntil now, there was no response.\u201d He said that the disease became epidemic, after \u201cthe spread of sandflies all over the locality during the start of the rainy season\u201d. The commissioner of Abu Karshola locality, Gareig Kambal, told reporters on Wednesday that more than 1,000 people are infected. He said that he informed the Federal Ministry of Health about the outbreak in June.* Visceral leishmaniasis, also known as \u201cblack fever\u201d, is a parasitic disease, killing nearly all of those infected. It is caused by the bite of sandflies. If blood containing leishmania parasites is drawn from an animal or human, the next person to receive a bite will then become infected and develop leishmaniasis. Months after this initial infection the disease can progress into the more severe form of kala-azar. File photo: The \u00a0sandfly is small enough to get through the tiny holes of a standard mosquito net (timesofmalta.com)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184166","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kala-azar outbreak in Sudan\u2019s South Kordofan - Dabanga Radio TV Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/kala-azar-outbreak-in-sudan-s-south-kordofan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kala-azar outbreak in Sudan\u2019s South Kordofan - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"People in Abu Karshola locality, South Kordofan, complain about the spread of kala-azar*. A resident of the locality told Radio Dabanga that the people sought assistance from the South Kordofan state and federal health ministries three months ago to contain the disease. \u201cUntil now, there was no response.\u201d He said that the disease became epidemic, after \u201cthe spread of sandflies all over the locality during the start of the rainy season\u201d. The commissioner of Abu Karshola locality, Gareig Kambal, told reporters on Wednesday that more than 1,000 people are infected. He said that he informed the Federal Ministry of Health about the outbreak in June.* Visceral leishmaniasis, also known as \u201cblack fever\u201d, is a parasitic disease, killing nearly all of those infected. It is caused by the bite of sandflies. If blood containing leishmania parasites is drawn from an animal or human, the next person to receive a bite will then become infected and develop leishmaniasis. 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