Over 4,000 South Sudanese children hospitalised with malaria in Bahr-el-Ghazal – MSF

Juba,

More than 4,000 children have been diagnosed with malaria this year in Aweil Town, northern Bahr-el-Ghazal, medical charity Doctors Without Borders has said.

In a press release seen by The EastAfrican on Thursday, Aminu Lawal, Medicine Sans Frontiers (MSF) medical activity manager, said the area has experienced massive spikes in the number of hospital admissions this rainy season.

“We had almost 300 people in our section of the hospital, which normally has 150 beds. Most of them suffer from malaria. And honestly, we are running out of places to put them.

“Even though we have built new malaria tents to increase capacity, it is still not enough. Some have to sleep in hallways because there is just no room anywhere else. Our medical staff, especially nurses, are overstretched,” Lawal said.