Sudan: Health Ministry Discusses Efforts to Eradicate Kala-Azar
[SNA] Federal Minister of Health Dr. Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim met on Sunday with Oriole Global Health/The END Fund Country Director Dr. Attia Abdalla Attia to discuss efforts to eradicate visceral leishmaniasis (Kala-Azar) in Sudan.
Federal Health Minister Dr. Haitham Mohamed Ibrahim discussed Kala-Azar eradication efforts with Oriole Global Health's Country Director Dr. Attia Abdalla Attia on Sunday. The pair reviewed the importance of strengthening Kala-Azar control campaigns, ensuring medicine availability, especially in Al-Gadharef, North Darfur, and Sennar, and broadening preventive spraying.
Dr. Ibrahim praised the organization's support and emphasized the need for improved coordination, governance, monitoring, and interventions. Oriole Global Health operates in 10 states through 48 hospitals and stressed the need for specific Kala-Azar strategies and staff training. The organization confirmed its commitment to supporting the Ministry of Health until Sudan is declared Kala-Azar-free and confirmed funding for control efforts, with medicines recently arriving in the country.
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