Sudan Declares end to Cholera Outbreak
Last update: March 4, 2026
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Sudan first announced the chlorea outbreak in August 2024..
Sudan Ministry of Health on Wednesday declared the country free of cholera after an 18-month outbreak, saying it had met scientific benchmarks and International Health Regulations standards.
Montasir Mohamed Osman, head of the ministry’s health emergencies and epidemics control directorate, said no new cases had been recorded in any state since Jan. 14.
“Based on scientific data and the International Health Regulations, Sudan is free of the cholera epidemic,” he said.
Osman said the criteria for declaring the end of an outbreak included two full incubation periods without new cases, confirmed cessation of local transmission, no active infection chains and no new community hotspots or geographic spread.
“We can confirm that Sudan is free of the epidemic, unless cases come from abroad,” he added.
The ministry said it had administered 20 million vaccine doses, conducted about 100 medical campaigns and held 130 central emergency meetings to monitor the epidemiological situation during the outbreak.
Earlier official statistics showed more than 100,000 cases nationwide, including about 2,408 deaths, between July 2024 and Dec. 21, 2025.
Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal infection caused by ingestion of food or water contaminated with the bacterium Vibrio cholerae and can be fatal if not promptly treated.
