Posted on 05/08/2023 12:31:26 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A destroyed medical storage in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur province, as deadly clashes between rival generals' forces continue.More than 1 million polio vaccines intended for children have been destroyed as a result of looting in Sudan. PHOTO | AFP
Polio, a disease which mainly affects children under 5, can lead to paralysis and death. Africa was declared free of wild polio in 2020 but Malawi, Mozambique and Sudan have reported imported cases since last year. Numerous humanitarian agencies have reported looting during the Sudan crisis.
More than 1 million polio vaccines intended for children have been destroyed as a result of looting in Sudan during the upsurge in violence since April, the UN children's agency Unicef told Reuters on Friday.
"A number of cold chain facilities have been looted, damaged and destroyed, including over a million polio vaccines in South Darfur," Hazel De Wet, deputy director of the Office of Emergency Programmes, Unicef told Reuters in an email.
The agency was in the middle of a series of polio vaccination campaigns in Sudan following an outbreak at the end of 2022.
Attacks on health facilities
Polio, a disease which mainly affects children under 5, can lead to paralysis and death. Africa was declared free of wild polio in 2020 but Malawi, Mozambique and Sudan have reported imported cases since last year.
A World Health Organisation database shows there have been 28 attacks on health care facilities in Sudan since the conflict erupted last month, pitting Sudan's army against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
Numerous humanitarian agencies have reported looting during the Sudan crisis including the World Food Programme, which said it lost $13-$14 million worth of supplies.
Those vaccines were causing polio outbreaks.
This is the new way to wage biological war on a nation. Facilities are strategically placed inside nations. When called up, we release hell by turning loose a few stray beagles out of the lab. (The bat spit on my strawberry narrative)
Nuke it from orbit. It’s the only way to make sure.
Africans doing African stuff.
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