Sudan Media Forum: Joint News Room By: Al Tagheer Newspaper January 5, 2025 (MAYIRNO) – A newborn has died from anaemia linked to his mother’s own untreated condition, who tragically succumbed to the illness just three days later, according to Sultan Talal, a volunteer in this town in Sennar State, south of Khartoum. The infant’s death underscores the dire health crisis gripping the region. “This mother leaves behind three daughters, all now suffering from anaemia,” Talal said, adding that hunger, malaria, and cholera are widespread in Mayirno. Deaths among pregnant women, children, and those afflicted with malaria and typhoid are alarmingly common, exacerbated by severe shortages of medicine and the inability of many to afford treatment. “I have orphaned children aged 13, 12, and 8,” one woman told Al Tagheer newspaper. “Our circumstances are dire; my husband is deceased. We desperately need help; my children are anaemic.” Mayirno is located 400 km (250 miles) south of Khartoum on the west bank of the Blue Nile. It is about 17 km from Sennar city and 70 km north of Sinjah, the state capital. Its original population is estimated at 62,000, with 20 neighbourhoods. With the return of displaced people, the population …

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