Written questions

Sudan: Vaccination

Commons · Question 41790 · Tabled 27 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 8 Apr 2025

Question

Asked by Sir Andrew Mitchell

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle vaccine preventable diseases including (a) measles and (b) cholera in hard to reach areas of Sudan.

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 8 Apr 2025

The conflict in Sudan and the widespread destruction of sanitation and health services has caused a devastating cholera outbreak. Two-thirds of states in Sudan are experiencing more than three different disease outbreaks, which are exacerbated by the wide...