Sudan Doctors

The Ministry of Health in South Darfur State has closed down a Chinese hospital in Nyala Tuesday

The state ministry of health accused the hospital by endangering citizen lives distributing expired medication . the Ministry stated to the press that the hospital violated the codes of medical practices.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has begun a public awareness campaign about hygiene at primary schools across northern Cameroon in a bid to stem an outbreak of cholera that has killed hundreds of people.
The campaign, entitled My School Without Cholera, targets the estimated 1.6 million pupils attending the 3,639 primary schools in Cameroon’s three northern regions, where the cholera outbreak has been concentrated. It was launched yesterday to coincide with the first day of the new school year.

On Friday, Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention repoted that West Nile virus has made 158 people sick and kiled 15 in nortern Greece. Though rare cases of the virus were found in the entire European region since the 1960s, but this is the first thime that such wide spread cases are being reported.

Authorities in northenrn Greece are under tremendous pressure to control the virus as soon as possible.This is also seen as another blow to the Greek government already reeling under the tremendous stress of financial crisis.

WHO -Kabul, Afganistan -- The World Health Organization has begun sending medical relief supplies to address health needs of victims of the flooding across provinces in central, eastern and northern Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Health of Egypt has announced a new human case of A(H5N1) avian influenza infection.

The case is a 33 year-old female from Qaluibia governorate. She developed symptoms on 17 August, was hospitalized on 24 August, where she received oseltamivir treatment, and died on 26 August.

Investigations into the source of infection indicated that the case had exposure to sick and dead poultry.

The case was confirmed by the Egyptian Central Public Health Laboratories, a National Influenza Center of the WHO Global Influenza Surveillance Network (GISN).

Of the 112 laboratory confirmed cases of Avian influenza A(H5N1) reported in Egypt, 36 have been fatal.

Aiming to ease health care delivery during the rainy season, UNICEF handed over four motorboats to Upper Nile State Ministry of Health officials today in Malakal.

"UNICEF donated these boats for vaccination campaign, transporting health workers to villages along the river, and for patients who need to be taken to Malakal (from neighbouring counties) for further health treatment," said UNICEF Child Protection Officer Emmanuel RetChol.

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has welcomed a new campaign launched by the Angolan Government to reduce maternal and infant mortality, and encouraged authorities to ensure the necessary budget resources to improve health for women and children.
The campaign focuses on strengthening the health system at the municipal level by providing improved maternal and child health-care services, as well as teaching healthy habits for mothers and children at home.

Khartoum State Minister of Environment and Water, Yousif Tebn, has denied the existence of contaminated water in state's water network. In a report he submitted to Khartoum state Council of Ministers Wednesday, Tebn said that the ministry provides technical materials and laboratory test every hour.

According to Radio Miraya  the Minister of health assured that the hospitals did not record any case of water related infections.