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0:00 - 1:38		Credit: ICRC
0:02			Report by | Sella Oneko
0:11			Mutasim Azhari | Cholera victim | Al Bashraga, Al Jazeera State
0.44			Mohamed Ali | Cholera Doctor | Gedaref State
1:26			Jose Luis Pozo | International Committee of the Red Cross

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A cholera outbreak has been plaguing the population in Sudan for at least a year now. While the ongoing fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the RSF, have displaced nearly 12 million people, and left tens of thousands dead, Sudan is also dealing with disease outbreaks due to the displacement and destruction of infrastructure to provide basic sanitation and medical services. Footage obtained from the International Committee of thhe Red Cross draws attention to this crisis..))

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Mutasim Azhari is back on his feet after recovering from a bout of cholera. After two months in hospital with diarrhoea and vomiting, he's back home.

0:09 SOT Mutasim Azhari, Resident - Al Bashraga, Al Jazeera State
‘We came down with cholera. My brother was infected, and I got it after him. After a month, I started to feel the symptoms as well, I was in hospital for two months..’

0:23

More than two years of war in Sudan have affected access to basic services, like clean water and sanitation, making it harder to avoid the disease. In a cholera treatment center in Gedaref State, east of the capital Khartoum, hospital staff are doing their best to tend to their patients.

0:42 SOT Dr. Mohamed Ali, Cholera Treatment Centre, Gedaref State
‘Most cases occur when people eat food or drink water from an unknown, unchlorinated source outside the home. Sometimes we get cases from social events, most of which are due to eating food from outside the home that has not been prepared properly, resulting in watery diarrhoea and cholera.’

1:09

According to the Int. Committee of the Red Cross, almost 80 percent of Sudan's health facilities no longer function properly. And with a lack of capacity and continued displacement of people, the situation could become even worse.

1:23

SOT Jose Luiz Pozo, Head of Operations - ICRC Sudan
‘Sudan is facing its worst cholera outbreak in recent years. Since it was declared one year ago, almost 100,000 suspected cases have been reported and over 2500 people have lost their lives.

1:38

Health services had launched a vaccination campaign in an attempt to curb the spread of cholera. But due to the war, many areas aren't accessible, leaving many more people at risk. 

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