Tens of thousands of Sudanese people have fallen victim to dengue fever and other diseases, Sudan’s health minister said, as seasonal rains further test infrastructure and hospitals devastated by conflict. As millions of people displaced by fighting return to their homes in Sudan while others continue to flee, the unusually high spread of diseases like dengue fever, cholera, opens new tab and malaria this year highlights the hidden costs of almost 30 months of war. The conflict between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis and spread famine, and has shown no signs of slowing – although the army has recaptured the capital Khartoum and other parts of the country. Exhausted patients lie under mosquito nets in packed wards in Omdurman Hospital as they receive intravenous paracetamol drips, the main treatment for the disease which can be fatal on second exposure.

Full report : Dengue fever ravages Sudan as infrastructure battered by war.