Cases of deadly meningitis are surging in eastern Chad, killing nearly 12% ​of children who catch it in an area ‌housing hundreds of thousands of war refugees from neighbouring Sudan, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said on Thursday. Measles is also spreading in the border ​town of Adre, where an increase in ​arrivals in recent weeks has left camps overcrowded, ⁠making it easier for diseases to spread, the medical ​aid group said in a statement. Out of 212 children ​admitted to MSF facilities with meningitis from March to April, 25 had died, “a shocking case fatality rate,” MSF added. “Every day, we ​see children arriving with severe measles, often complicated by ​pneumonia, requiring urgent hospitalisation,” Isabelle Kavira, MSF Medical Activity Manager in ‌Adre, ⁠said. “At the same time, bed occupancy for meningitis is close to 100%, saturating our capacity and compromising care for other conditions.”

Full report : Deadly meningitis spreads as Sudanese refugees pack Chad camps, MSF says.