Sudan: Blue Nile – Prevention Campaign Suspended After Students Suffer Severe Drug Side Effects

ED Damazin — Hundreds of school students in Ed Damazin, neighbouring El Roseires, and Kurmuk in Sudan’s Blue Nile region suffered complications after taking preventive medicines. The authorities suspended the bilharzia prevention campaign.

Speaking to Radio Dabanga, health sources reported that a large number of students arrived at the Ed Damazin Teaching Hospital because they were suffering from vomiting and acute diarrhoea.

The children’s relatives told Radio Dabanga that authorities have…