India, Nov. 5 -- Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said a breakdown in immunization linked to the war in Sudan has led to escalating outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases in Darfur, and urged Sudanese health and political authorities to lift administrative blockages preventing vaccines from entering the region.
Outbreak figures cited by MSF
MSF said that since the beginning of 2024, its teams have treated tens of thousands of patients with vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles and pertussis across Darfur.
Between January 2024 and April 2026, MSF-supported facilities across the Darfur region reported the following:
* Measles cases: 28,481
* Pertussis cases: 1,913
* Measles patients not vaccinated: 75 perc...