Overview

• Tawila locality has recorded more than 1,180 cholera cases, including roughly 300 in children, and at least 20 deaths since the first case in late June.
• Across Darfur’s five states, the epidemic has reached nearly 2,140 cases and caused at least 80 fatalities as of July 30.
• UNICEF has expanded emergency WASH efforts, supplying chlorinated water to 30,000 people daily and distributing Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS) alongside hygiene kits.
• The agency is preparing over 1.4 million oral cholera vaccine doses and strengthening treatment centers, but fighting, looted convoys and bureaucracy are obstructing deliveries.
• More than 640,000 children under five in North Darfur face heightened cholera risk due to severe acute malnutrition rates that have doubled in the last year.