Health officials in Sudan have launched a 10-day cholera vaccination campaign in the capital, Khartoum, to curb what humanitarians call a rapidly spreading outbreak.

A Sudanese girl receives an oral cholera vaccine during a 10-day vaccination campaign conducted by health ministry workers in Khartoum, Sudan, Wednesday, Aug.

A health worker administers an oral cholera vaccine to a woman during a 10-day vaccination campaign in Khartoum, Sudan, Wednesday, Aug.

A Sudanese woman receives an oral cholera vaccine during a 10-day vaccination campaign conducted by health ministry workers in Khartoum, Sudan, Wednesday, Aug.

KHARTOUM, Sudan () — Health officials in Sudan have launched a 10-day cholera vaccination campaign in the capital, Khartoum, to curb what humanitarians call a rapidly spreading outbreak of the diarrheal disease fueled by civil war, displacement and heavy rainfall.

Video footage on Wednesday showed officials administering the vaccine to children and others.

Healthcare worker Aziza Berima said the campaign in Khartoum began Sunday and targets over 150,000 people.

Resident Montaser al-Sayed said he and his family recently returned home after being displaced by fighting.

They feared cholera in the chaotic conditions but said the vaccination campaign reassured them.

“As a mother, I was relieved,” said another resident, Razaz Abdullah.

Cholera is spreading at an alarming rate and the collapsed health system makes it “extremely hard to trace and contain,” Sophie Dresser, director of programs at Mercy Corps-Sudan, told the.

Last month, the United Nations humanitarian office said over 32,000 suspected cholera cases have been reported in Sudan this year.

Since the outbreak was declared in July 2024, more than 83,000 cases and 2,100 deaths have been reported, the U.N.

Says cases are rising in Sudan’s more remote western region of Darfur.

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