| 2024–2025 Sudanese cholera epidemic | |
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| Disease | Cholera |
| Location | Sudan,Chad andSouth Sudan |
| Date | 2024–2025 |
Type | Infection |
| Confirmed cases | 462,890 |
Deaths | 5,869 |
The2024–2025 Sudanese cholera epidemic is an ongoing medical crisis inSudan,Chad andSouth Sudan. It is reportedly the worst cholera outbreak in years.[1]UNICEF has reported the epidemic is being exacerbated by theSudanese civil war.[2] It has heavily affected the states ofKassala,Gedaref,River Nile,Al Jazirah andKhartoum.[3] The cholera epidemic in Sudan is part of a wider outbreak; as of 31 August 2025, 462,890 cases and 5,869 deaths had been reported from 32 countries across five WHO regions.[4] As of 13 October 2025, Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health recorded 120,496 cholera cases and 3,368 deaths nationwide.[5]
In August 2024, at least 22 people died fromCholera in Sudan after local drinking water was contaminated by heavy rainfall.[6] In October 2024, the cholera outbreak was declared inSouth Sudan.[7] The epidemic is centred inKhartoum.[8] By July 2025, a total of 32,000 cases had been reported for the year 2025,[9] along with 2,302 deaths across 116 localities in 17states.[10] By August, the cholera epidemic had spread throughout Sudan's refugee camps,[11] and vaccination programmes had been rolled out.[12]
As of 13 October 2025, Sudan’s Federal Ministry of Health recorded 120,496 cholera cases and 3,368 deaths nationwide. Since the outbreak began in May 2025 in Nitega, South Darfur, more than 17,000 cases and 570 deaths (a case fatality rate of 3.3%) have been reported across the five Darfur states, including over 1,200 cases and 81 deaths in South Darfur, 250 cases and 13 deaths in East Darfur, and a similar number in South Kordofan. Infection rates continue to rise throughout the Darfur region.[5]
CARE International reported that Sudan’s cholera outbreak was spreading rapidly through communities already devastated by conflict, displacement, and hunger. Millions were living in overcrowded camps with little access to clean water or sanitation, while more than three-quarters of the country’s health facilities had been destroyed. Heavy rains worsened the situation, leading to rising infection andfatality rates that far exceeded the emergency threshold.[a] The organization warned that shortages of medical supplies, chlorine, and clean water, combined with insufficient funding and insecurity, were deepening the crisis as the rainy season continued.[13]
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