Friday, July 18, 2014

Slow Saturday Special: Cholera in Sudan

Doesn't seem to be much of an issue because I never saw another word in my Globe:

"Cholera outbreak hits South Sudan" Associated Press   July 12, 2014

KAMPALA, Uganda — An outbreak of cholera is putting thousands of lives at risk in parts of South Sudan, worsening the country’s humanitarian crisis amid ongoing violence, the aid group Save the Children said Friday.

The disease has infected more than 2,600 people and killed at least 60 since the first cases were reported in the capital, Juba, in May. Cholera outbreaks or alerts have been reported in nine of South Sudan’s 10 states.

The situation is likely to get worse with heavy rains expected in coming weeks and months, the aid group said, calling for greater supplies of medicines.

‘‘Stagnant floodwater provides the perfect conditions for the rapid spread of cholera, and roads are turning to mud, hindering efforts to get support and life-saving drugs to those that desperately need them,’’ said Pete Walsh, the group’s South Sudan director.

That's one way of carrying out the endgame genocide of planned population reduction.

He noted that the spread is ‘‘extremely concerning, especially coming on top of a growing hunger crisis.’’

That crisis sort of faded away as a ma$$ media concern when they realized there would be no troop deployments.

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This is why they need more medicine:

"Attacks on medical facilities in South Sudan violate international law, report says" Associated Press   July 01, 2014

NAIROBI — Patients have been shot in their hospital beds, medical and humanitarian staff killed, and medical facilities destroyed in fighting in South Sudan since December in actions that breach international law, an aid group said in a report released Tuesday.

Israel.

Doctors Without Borders said the attacks on health facilities are denying medical assistance to hundreds of thousands. The group said of 58 killed in four hospitals, 25 were patients. Hospitals have also been looted.

Like I said, Israel.

‘‘Humanitarian law and principles provide legal protection to civilian populations and medical personnel and the medical mission in particular. Deliberate attacks on medical facilities and personnel constitute a clear violation of such provisions,’’ the group said in a report that stated all parties in the conflict are bound by provisions of International Humanitarian Law.

Check the fine print for the Israeli exception.

South Sudan was plunged into violence in December when President Salva Kiir accused former vice president Riek Machar of attempting a coup.

Thousands have died and more than 1.3 million people have fled their homes.

Shouldn't that be getting more media attention?

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I will bet it all ends up on the black market.

You can decide for yourself if the Globe's Sudanese coverage is satisfactory. 

Related: Haiti 

Maybe you can dig up some cholera in there somewhere.