The refugees from Blue Nile living in camps in Upper Nile are experiencing an outbreak of hepatitis. The disease was reported in Jammam, Yusuf Batil, and Jandrassa camps.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj on Tuesday, the director of Bunj Hospital in Upper Nile, Dr. Evan Atar said, “We have cases of hepatitis resulting from multiple viruses… we have A, B, C and D but what we have now that is spreading is ‘E.’”
Atar also said, “We now we have 12 cases of very serious viral hepatitis”, and highlighted that Doctors Without Borders (MSF) from France and America are operating in Batil and Jammam camps and are doing a great job.
The doctor clarified that the ways through which these viruses could be contracted are through dirty water and contaminated foods. He then advised the listeners to use latrines and drink clean water in order to minimize the level of infection.
Asked whether the disease will stop soon the doctor said that “No disease stops suddenly but I think during dry season it is going to stop.”