Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
Rate of Malaria and Bilharzia increases in Darfur
Khartoum
(11 Dec.) -
The health authorities in Darfur have revealed that the rate of malaria infection has reached 22% in Kas, 2% in Ad Elfursan and 2% in Eldaein.
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Bilharzia infection – also known as Schistosomiasis – a parasitic disease found in contaminated water, is also on the rise reaching 81% and 71% in Elsafiya and Um Salala and more than 40% in Ad Elfursan. He stated that they were able to treat 35,000 of the infected people, 16,000 of them from Talas, 14,000 in Elsalam and 5,000 in Ad Elfursan. Dr. Ali stressed the need for urgent treatment to the residents of South Jebel Mara due to a number of deaths being reported.
http://www.radiodabanga.org/node/22059
Khartoum
(11 Dec.) -
The health authorities in Darfur have revealed that the rate of malaria infection has reached 22% in Kas, 2% in Ad Elfursan and 2% in Eldaein.
...
Bilharzia infection – also known as Schistosomiasis – a parasitic disease found in contaminated water, is also on the rise reaching 81% and 71% in Elsafiya and Um Salala and more than 40% in Ad Elfursan. He stated that they were able to treat 35,000 of the infected people, 16,000 of them from Talas, 14,000 in Elsalam and 5,000 in Ad Elfursan. Dr. Ali stressed the need for urgent treatment to the residents of South Jebel Mara due to a number of deaths being reported.
http://www.radiodabanga.org/node/22059