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Over 20 children die of measles in Nuba Mountains: official

NUBA MOUNTAINS (2 Jan.)

More than 20 children died of measles and dozens others contracted the
disease from November until December in areas under control of SPLA-North
in the Nuba Mountain region, a rebel official said.

SPLM-North and the Sudanese government have been fighting each other since
2011.Tutu Mustafa, Secretary of Health in the Nuba Mountains region, told
Radio Tamazuj yesterday the health situation in the SPLA-North controlled
areas is deteriorating.

Mustafa pointed out that they recorded about 100 cases of measles and that
more than 20 children among the cases died from November until December.“We
have cases of measles these days. All these cases are among children less
than five years, over 100 cases were recorded from November until December
and about 20 children died,” he said.

Mustafa attributed the problem to poor health conditions due to lack of
vaccination of children since the outbreak of war in 2011.He called on the
international community to put pressure on the Khartoum government to allow
vaccination of children in the Blue Nile and South Kordofan regions.

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