WHO supports South Sudan in oral cholera vaccination campaign to prevent the risk of a cholera outbreak in Renk
(WorldNews Health)

Juba, 15 November 2019 - To mitigate the risk of cholera outbreaks, the World Health Organization (WHO) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health, UNICEF and MedAir are immunizing 144 033 people against cholera in Renk, a county bordering Blue Nile state in Sudan. On 8 September 2019, a cholera outbreak was declared in Sudan with a total of 278 cases including eight deaths (CFR 2.88%) reported as of 12 October 2019. The affected states included Blue Nile and Sennar bordering...