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The media has reported that the Minister of Health for Khartoum state has warned of hepatitis and HIV/AIDS transmission through medical waste. Minister Mamoun Humeida is alleged to have advised reporters that the hospitals and health clinics in Khartoum produce 10 tons of waste each day and that samples of human waste found in a main street in the city may have leaked from medical waste lorries.
(Via allAfrica - accessed 24/03/15)
Travellers should be made aware that Sudan is a country with high prevalence of HIV transmission and they should not touch medical waste found in the streets, it could be infected with blood-bourne viruses. Travellers should be reminded of the transmission routes of blood-borne viruses and risk reduction behaviours. HIV is present throughout the world. Worldwide, the commonest route of transmission of HIV is unprotected sex.
