{"id":20059506,"date":"2023-11-15T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/?p=20059506"},"modified":"2024-04-21T12:04:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T10:04:10","slug":"unicef-10-mln-vaccine-doses-land-in-port-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/unicef-10-mln-vaccine-doses-land-in-port-sudan","title":{"rendered":"UNICEF: 10 mln vaccine doses land in Port Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A consignment of 7.5 million doses of measles rubella vaccination, and 2.2 million cholera vaccines, have been airlifted to Port Sudan to combat outbreaks of the diseases.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Posting on X (formerly Twitter), the Sudan Country Representative UNICEF, Mandeep O\u2019Brien, points out that \u201cthese lifesaving vaccines are very much needed to combat disease outbreaks across Sudan<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

O\u2019Brien said she is \u201cdeeply grateful\u201d to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance for the vaccines, and for the for the cooperation of Sudan\u2019s Ministry of Health and partners \u201cto maintain critical health services for every child\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says 3.1 million people in Sudan are at risk of cholera in eight states between July and December 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a report on Tuesday, OCHA confirmed that Sudan declared a cholera outbreak in El Gedaref on September 26. As of November 9, at least 2,525 suspected cases of cholera, including 78 associated deaths, have been reported in 27 localities in six states \u2013 El Gedarif, South Kordofan, Kassala, Khartoum, El Gezira, and Sennar, OCHA says.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Vaccines arrive in Port Sudan (Photo: UNICEF)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Humanitarian agencies are scaling up the response to the outbreak and supporting case detection and treatment. Surveillance continues in affected and high-risk areas to identify and address risk factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The report noted that the International Coordination Group on Vaccine Provision (WHO, UNICEF, M\u00e9decins Sans Fronti\u00e8res, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies) approved the Sudanese Ministry of Health’s request to provide more than 2.9 million doses of oral cholera (OCV) vaccines for interactive vaccination campaigns in nine localities in El Gedaref, El Gezira and Khartoum.<\/p>\n