Sudan’s Federal Minister of Health, Dr Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim, says cholera cases in the Mazroub area of North Kordofan have declined compared with recent weeks, while only a small number of cases have been recorded in Sheikan locality, with no evidence of wider transmission.
He says daily official reports submitted through the national disease surveillance system from all Sudanese states, including those under RSF control, prompted health authorities to collect and analyse samples, confirming cholera infections in a number of localities in West Kordofan.
Dr Ibrahim says health officials responded immediately by directing organisations operating in the area, particularly the Kafa Organisation and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), to establish isolation centres in several West Kordofan localities. Daily surveillance and monitoring of cases were also introduced.
