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How Sudan medical students used Covid to improve community health

In Sudan, a medical student speaks to a vegetable seller about the importance of getting vaccinated against Covid-19. © CMRT/Dr Nada Fadul

One year into creating opportunities to fight Covid-19 in Sudan with medical students, a coalition of Sudanese doctors has taken the lessons learned while working with local communities and is applying them to healthcare for all.

Within six months, with the help of the Sudanese ministry of health, healthcare workers administered 20,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine throughout the country, according to Dr Nada Fadul, one of the co-founders of Sudan’s community Medical Response Team (CMRT).

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