Author: Fatima Burgol

The initial case of Cholera was discovered on 28 of August 2019.

The source was water infected with human faeces used for agriculture of vegetables.

It is advised to wash and cook all vegetable before consumption in the risk regions. As source of vitamins it is important to eat fresh fruit and vegetables and tow ash them with Sodium hypochlorite is a chemical compound with the formula NaOCl or NaClO.

By 28 August during 12 October 2019, a total of 278 suspected cholera cases, including 8 deaths (case fatality ratio: 2.88 percent ), have now been reported from four localities from Blue Nile State such as Al Roseries (113), Ad Damazin (55), Wad Almahi (3) and also Baw (5), along with five localities at Sinnar State such as Abu Hugar (80), Singa (4), Alsoky (14), Aldaly wa Almzmom (3) and Sennar (1). 1 hundred seventy-two instances were female (62 percent ), and 238 (93.1percent ) were over five decades old.
As of 2 October, 28 from 42 (67%) samples examined from affected nations were verified by culture as Vibrio cholerae O1 Ogawa from the National Public Health Laboratory.

The next general health response measures have been executed:
With assistance from WHO, the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) triggered the federal Cholera Task Force on 10 September;
WHO has deployed a specialized team to Help FMoH with manipulation of reaction and development of response plan on the floor;
Surveillance and coverage systems have been bolstered by the supply of case definitions and case identification forms, active case finding and maintaining the line listing.

Activation of 14 Cholera Treatment Centres by MoH, 4 at Blue Nile State and 10 at Sinnar State, along with standardization of case management protocols;
FMoH, WHO, and spouses have supplied cholera kits (sufficient to deal with 200 individuals ) with three extra fittings (enough to handle 300 individuals) in the pipeline;
Who’s supporting the water quality surveillance program, water sampling, and analyzing, and disease prevention & control actions;
State Ministry of Health at Blue Nile State, together with assistance from spouses, is executing the water chlorination actions and health promotion from the affected regions;
WHO,with the aid of International Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI), has established a Oral Cholera Vaccine (OCV) campaign with a goal to target 1.6 million individuals from Senner and Blue Nile State. Doses of all OCV have been published from the WHO global stockpile.

WHO danger assessment?

The present outbreak was reported after recent severe rainstorms and flooding in 15 from 18 States. Together with the continuing flooding and widespread damage to infrastructure, there’s a concern that instances may further grow. Even though Blue Nile State shares borders with Ethiopia and South Sudan, there’s now no signs of cross-border spread of this outbreak. However,the threat of spread is of more concern in the regions located down the river Nile (such as Khartoum). The Government swiftly reacted to the discovery of instances and mandatory control measures are being implemented by federal authorities, with assistance from spouses, to contain the outbreak.

WHO information

WHO recommends timely and proper instance management? In 2020 we will enhancing access to safe drinking water and sanitation infrastructure, in addition to enhancing hygiene practices and food security in communities that are affected are the best way of controlling cholera.
Essential public health communication messages must be supplied in 2020 to the public. Vaccination ought to be considered to match the heart prevention and control actions and help stop the spread of this outbreak.

Who doesn’t recommend any travel or trade restrictions on Sudan based on the presently available information? With the necessary sanitary measures it is safe to travel in Sudan.