The United Nations and its humanitarian partners are continuing to support efforts to contain a cholera outbreak in Sudan while providing assistance to people affected by the country’s conflict.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Wednesday that, with support from the World Health Organization (WHO), health authorities on Tuesday launched a 10-day cholera vaccination campaign in Tawila, North Darfur State.
The campaign aims to protect about 95,000 displaced people, OCHA said.
According to the WHO, the cholera outbreak, which was declared in June, has so far resulted in nearly 2,900 reported cases and 247 associated deaths across six states.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and its partners have also provided emergency shelter and essential household items to about 12,000 people in Tawila, Al Lait and Um Hajaleej localities, OCHA said in its daily update.
Meanwhile, insecurity continues to force people from their homes.
About 1,300 people fled villages in Um Baru locality in North Darfur last week because of increased insecurity, according to the IOM. The displaced people reportedly sought safety elsewhere in North Darfur and across the border in Chad.
In South Darfur, three drone strikes reportedly hit locations in Nyala on Tuesday, while increased insecurity in Blue Nile State on Monday displaced more than 3,300 people from several villages in the Geisan area near the Sudan-Ethiopia border, the IOM said.
OCHA also warned that intercommunal tensions were increasing in parts of South and Central Darfur, where several deadly incidents have been reported in recent days.
The UN humanitarian agency called on all parties to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure and to allow humanitarian organisations to reach people in need.
“Once again, OCHA calls on all parties to protect civilians and civilian infrastructure, and to facilitate rapid, safe, unhindered and sustained humanitarian access,” it said.
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