A leading medical group warns of a rise in cholera cases and new outbreak in Sudan.
A leading medical group warned on Tuesday of a rising number of cholera cases in war-torn Sudan as a new outbreak of the waterborne disease grips the country, and said its teams have treated hundreds of patients in the region of the capital, Khartoum.
Joyce Bakker, the Sudan coordinator for Doctors Without Borders — also known as Médecins Sans Frontières or MSF — said that the alarming spike began in mid-May, with Khartoum’s twin city, Omdurman, as the epicenter.