A resurgent cholera

Tearing through South Sudan South Sudan is facing its longest and most widespread cholera outbreak to date and there are concerns that the episode this time may intensify during the rainy season. The outbreak comes on top of already high humanitarian needs, fighting and a severe food crisis. Exacerbated by poor sanitation, a lack of safe drinking water, and high levels of displacement, cholera broke out in 2016. Since then, more than 7,200 cases of cholera have been reported, including 229 deaths, according to the World Health Organisation and the South Sudan Ministry of Health. The highly contagious disease has travelled along the path of the Nile river to many other areas in the country. A cholera epidemic is also raging in Yemen and the Horn of Africa. Picture shows patients receiving treatment inside a tent converted into a temporary field hospital near the remote village of Dor, in south-central Sudan.

Tearing through South Sudan: South Sudan is facing its longest and most widespread cholera outbreak to date and there are concerns that the episode this time may intensify during the rainy season. The outbreak comes on top of already high humanitarian needs, fighting and a severe food crisis. Exacerbated by poor sanitation, a lack of safe drinking water, and high levels of displacement, cholera broke out in 2016. Since then, more than 7,200 cases of cholera have been reported, including 229 deaths, according to the World Health Organisation and the South Sudan Ministry of Health. The highly contagious disease has travelled along the path of the Nile river to many other areas in the country. A cholera epidemic is also raging in Yemen and the Horn of Africa. Picture shows patients receiving treatment inside a tent converted into a temporary field hospital near the remote village of Dor, in south-central Sudan. * AFP/STRINGER