1/44

Eastern Sudan: Hepatitis E and daily life in Tigray refugee camps

In the past few weeks, MSF medical teams in Umm Rakouba have received hundreds of patients with acute jaundice syndrome, a tell-tale sign of the virus. Confirmed and suspected cases have also been reported in Al-Tanideba camp and Al Hashaba/Village 8 transit centre, though testing is not yet widely available.
Hepatitis E is a contagious virus that causes liver disease. It noticeably yellows the eyes and skin, causes fatigue and dark urine, and can lead to acute liver failure and death. It is particularly dangerous for pregnant women, for whom the risk of death is about 25 percent. Some of the patients treated by MSF for hepatitis E have arrived comatose.
“As with other diseases like typhoid, dysentery and cholera, the hepatitis E virus thrives in environments with poor water and sanitation conditions,” says François Zamparini, MSF emergency coordinator in Gedaref state. “In both Al-Tanideba and Umm Rakouba, latrines are scarce or unusable, which has led to widespread open defecation in the camps.”
In Umm Rakouba, there are only 175 latrines for 20,000 people, while in Al-Tanideba many latrines have been destroyed by heavy rain and wind.

MSBSTO22125

Linked assets

Hepatitis E cases in Al-Tanideba, Sudan

Newborn in Al-Tanideba, Sudan

New mother in Al-Tanideba, Sudan

New Mother in Al-Tanideba, Sudan

Newborn in Al-Tanideba, Sudan

New mother in Al-Tanideba, Sudan

MSF Staff testimony, Al-Tanideba, Sudan

Al-Tanideba refugee camp, Sudan

Hepatitis E cases in Al-Tanideba, Sudan

Refugee's testimony, Al-Tanideba, Sudan

Hepatitis E cases in Al-Tanideba, Sudan

Al-Tanideba refugee camp, Sudan

Hepatitis E cases in Al-Tanideba, Sudan

Al-Tanideba refugee camp, Sudan

Hepatitis E cases in Al-Tanideba, Sudan

MSF Staff testimony, Al-Tanideba, Sudan

Refugee's testimony, Al-Tanideba, Sudan

Al-Tanideba refugee camp, Sudan

Hepatitis E cases in Umm Rakouba, Sudan

Water bladder in Umm Rakouba, Sudan

Shelter destroyed by wind and rain in Umm Rakouba, Sudan

Patient's testimony, Hepatitis E in Umm Rakouba, Sudan

Refugee's Testimony, Umm Rakouba, Sudan

Hepatitis E cases in Umm Rakouba, Sudan

Lelti Mengstie, MSF nurse in Al-Tanideba camp

Consent Forms

2021

Conceptually similar

Fighting Hepatitis E in Chad - January 2017

Hepatitis E vaccination campaign in Bentiu

Hepatitis E outbreak in Abyei Administrative Area

Hepatitis E outbreak, Chad, Dec 2016

Diffa, Niger: Hepatitis E outbreak

Hep-C Explainer Video

Hepatitis E Vaccination in Bentiu: Effective results of the two doses research

Hepatitis E outbreak in Diffa, Niger

South Sudan deadly hepatitis E outbreak: MSF launches mass vaccination campaign to reach remote communities

IWD 2025 - When women and girls need priority for vaccination

Hepatitis C in the Rohingya Camps

Out of darkness - Hepatitis C in Ukraine

Yellow fever and Measles outbreak in W.E.S. South Sudan

A Tanideba Rainy Season

Hepatitis C Awareness Month - MSF Hepatitis C project first anniversary

Tigray, Hitsat Camp for Eritrean Refugees

Tigray Fighting Consequences on Tigray Population Who Fled to Sudan

Opening of a new Hepatitis C service in Yerevan

Hepatitis C Awareness Month - Yerevan Marathon

Hepatitis E spreading in Adre and Aboutengue, Metche, and Al Acha camps

Add to lightbox

Title Eastern Sudan: Hepatitis E and daily life in Tigray refugee camps

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSBSTO22125

Editor's rating ★★★★★ (C)

Date taken / Date Recorded 12/07/2021 12:00 AM

Sub type Standard Folder

Date taken / Date Recorded 12/07/2021 12:00 AM