"Families forced to flee their homes because of Sudan's war have been cut off from health care services and are living in camps with no clean water. Now their children and some of the elderly are dying from bilharzia, a disease caused by a parasitic worm that lives in infested water. Al Jazeera's Mohammad Vall filed this report from the Khor Ajwal camp in White Nile State."
"Families forced to flee their homes because of Sudan's war have been cut off from health care services and are living in camps with no clean water. Now their children and some of the elderly are dying from bilharzia, a disease caused by a parasitic worm that lives in infested water."
War in Sudan has forced families to flee their homes, leaving many displaced in camps without access to health care and clean water. Camp conditions in White Nile State create exposure to contaminated water sources that harbor parasitic worms causing bilharzia. Children and some elderly are succumbing to the disease as a result of ongoing water contamination and limited medical treatment. Outbreaks in Khor Ajwal camp reflect wider humanitarian and public health failures, including disrupted services, inadequate sanitation, and lack of disease prevention measures among internally displaced populations.
Read at www.aljazeera.com
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