Sudan is experiencing a spike in dengue fever and malaria.
For decades, Sudan’s underfunded public health sector has struggled to effectively diagnose or treat patients as significant government spending went to its vast security services.
While malaria is common across central and southern Sudan, large dengue outbreaks are rare.
But last fall and winter, dengue fever spread to 12 of the country’s 18 provinces, killing at least 36 people and infecting more than 5,200, according to Sudan’s ministry of health.
