UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- On top of the civil war in Sudan and the battle to provide access to health care, UN humanitarians said on Wednesday the country's cholera outbreak is worsening.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the Federal Ministry of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that seven of the 18 states suffered nearly 3,000 suspected cases of cholera, including 89 deaths, as of Nov. 12, double the numbers reported less than three weeks ago.
