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LEISHMANIASIS, VISCERAL - SUDAN: (NORTH DARFUR) INTERNALLY DISPLACED 

PERSONS CAMP 
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Date: Sun 22 Nov 2015 
Source: Radio Dabanga [edited] 
< https://www.dabangasudan.org/en/all-news/article/kala-azar-on-the-rise-among-north-darfur-displaced > 

The displaced of camp Zamzam, south of El Fasher, capital of North 
Darfur, complain of an increase in those suffering from kala-azar* 
disease in the last 5 years. An activist told to Radio Dabanga that 
the rate of infection has risen from 150 cases in 2010 to 1800 in 
2015. 

He highlighted the death of a number of patients. He attributed the 
increase to the halt in spraying operations that used to be carried 
out by organisations, lack of care for the environment health, a lack 
of mosquito nets among the displaced, a shortage of specialist 
doctors, and soaring prices of kala-azar medicines. 

A number of kala-azar patients of camp Zamzam said that the treatment 
of the disease costs a patient more than SDG [Sudanese pound] 1000 
(about USD 165) in addition to the cost of medical examination, 
check-ups, and transportation to El Fasher. 

They pointed out that the drugs require refrigeration, which is not 
available in the camp. Patients complained about the sharp 
deterioration in the health care, services, the lack of specialist 
medical staff, and the scarcity of medicines in the camp. They called 
on the Federal Ministry of Health and the World Health Organisation to 
expedite the delivery and provision of treatment for patients. 

* Visceral leishmaniasis, also known as "black fever", is a parasitic 
disease, killing nearly all of those infected. It is caused by the 
bite of sandflies. If blood containing leishmania parasites is drawn 
from an animal or human, the next person to receive a bite will then 
become infected and develop leishmaniasis. Months after this initial 
infection the disease can progress into the more severe form of 
kala-azar. 

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[Leishmaniasis is highly endemic in both Sudan and South Sudan. The 
situation described with a more than 10-fold increase over 5 years in 
the number of cases, highlights the breakdown of treatment and control 
measures in the refugee camps. 

Visceral leishmaniasis in almost always fatal if untreated. 
ProMED-mail will be happy to post comments from the authorities in 
Sudan on the situation and future plans for control of leishmaniasis 
in the refugee camps in Darfur. - Mod.EP 

Maps of Sudan can be accessed at 
< https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/States_of_Sudan > and 
< http://healthmap.org/promed/p/48978 >. - Sr.Tech.Ed.MJ] 

[See Also: 
Leishmaniasis, visceral - East Africa 
http://promedmail.org/post/20151123.3812985 
2013 
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Leishmaniasis, visceral - Sudan (ND) 
http://promedmail.org/post/20130125.1514958 
2012 
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Leishmaniasis, visceral - Sudan: (DN) children 
http://promedmail.org/post/20120120.1016921 
2011 
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Leishmaniasis, visceral - Sudan: (GD) 
http://promedmail.org/post/20110410.1133 
Leishmaniasis, visceral - Sudan (04): (SO) 
http://promedmail.org/post/20101216.4453 
Leishmaniasis, visceral - Sudan: (JG) 
http://promedmail.org/post/20100808.2709 
2009 
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Leishmaniasis - Sudan: (southern) 
http://promedmail.org/post/20091107.3851 
2003 
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Leishmaniasis - Sudan (03) http://promedmail.org/post/20031228.3152 
2002 
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Leishmaniasis - Sudan (02) http://promedmail.org/post/20021117.5835 
Leishmaniasis - Sudan http://promedmail.org/post/20021110.5767 
1998 
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Leishmaniasis - Sudan (02) http://promedmail.org/post/19980125.0180 
Leishmaniasis - Sudan http://promedmail.org/post/19980123.0169 ] 
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