Sudan experiences worst dengue fever outbreak for more than a decade

People sit by the floodwaters in Khartoum, Sudan. Flooding is thought to be one reason for the spike in dengue and malaria cases. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

More than 1,400 people in Sudan have been diagnosed with dengue fever this year in the worst outbreak in the country for more than a decade.

Half of the country’s 18 states have registered cases and nine deaths recorded, including one child, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) who suspect the true number to be far higher.