| Southern Sudan is facing a “serious outbreak” of the deadly kala azar tropical disease, the aid agency Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) warned yesterday. Outbreaks have been recorded in several locations across the remote states of Jonglei and Upper Nile, with more than 380 patients being treated since October. That is more than three times the rate recorded for the whole of the previous year, when only 110 cases were treated, MSF warned. “We suspect that the number of kala azar patients reaching clinics in some areas is just the tip of the iceberg,” said Dr David Kidinda, MSF medical co-ordinator for southern Sudan. |
