Sudan, Aug. 14 -- In the midst of an all-out war, people in Sudan are now experiencing the worst cholera outbreak the country has seen in years. Since the outbreak was declared by the Ministry of Health one year ago, there have been almost 100,000 suspected cases and more than 2,470 related deaths, as of August 11.

Over the past week in just the Darfur region, Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) teams treated over 2,300 patients and recorded 40 deaths for cholera at facilities run by the Ministry of Health. MSF is calling for an urgent and scaled-up international response to provide health care, improve water and sanitation services, and begin cholera vaccination campaigns in affected areas.

Across Darfur, cholera is ...