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Sudan floods bring threat of disease
BMJ 2003; 327 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.327.7411.357-a (Published 14 August 2003) Cite this as: BMJ 2003;327:357- Peter Moszynski
- London
Record flooding in east Africa has made hundreds of thousands of people homeless in Sudan, with millions more at risk as the rising water of the Nile threatens to inundate Khartoum, spreading disease and overwhelming sanitation services.
Kassala, the largest town in eastern Sudan, has been declared a disaster zone, with 80% of the population homeless after the River Qash overflowed …
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