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Health workers preparing oral vaccines in a field setting for an article about cholera vaccination campaign in Darfur

Cholera vaccination campaign reaches 1.86 million people in Darfur amid active conflict

By Peter Schulte / October 1, 2025 / Good News For Humankind

Sudan cholera vaccination campaign: In late September 2025, health workers delivered oral cholera vaccines to more than 1.86 million people across six localities in the Darfur states, navigating active conflict, broken infrastructure, and collapsed supply chains to reach nearly 97% of the targeted population. Coordinated by Sudan’s Ministry of Health with WHO, UNICEF, and global partners, the campaign addressed an outbreak spanning all 18 states, with over 113,000 cases and 3,000 deaths recorded since July 2024. Beyond vaccination, teams trained local health workers and delivered hygiene education, building lasting community capacity.

A doctor is about to vaccinate a child, for article on malaria vaccine rollout

Sudan launches first malaria vaccine in landmark child health initiative

By / November 8, 2024 / Good News For Humankind

Sudan’s malaria vaccine rollout is reaching more than 148,000 children under 12 months in its opening phase, making it the first country in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean Region to launch the shot nationally. That’s remarkable on its own, but consider the backdrop: hospitals shuttered, health workers unpaid for months, and a war reshaping daily life. Even so, the Federal Ministry of Health worked with UNICEF, WHO, and Gavi to train staff, build cold chain capacity, and reach two states, with expansion to 129 localities planned by 2026. It’s a quiet reminder that even in the hardest places, public health progress can still find a way through.

Sudan to ban female genital mutilation and allow non-Muslims to drink alcohol

By Peter Schulte / June 22, 2021 / Good news links

Sudan will permit non-Muslims to consume alcohol and strengthen women’s rights, including banning female genital mutilation, in a reversal of almost four decades of hardline Islamist policies.

Sudan ends 30 years of Islamic law by separating religion and state

By Peter Schulte / September 9, 2020 / Good news links

“For Sudan to become a democratic country where the rights of all citizens are enshrined, the constitution should be based on the principle of ‘separation of religion and state,’ in the absence of which the right to self-determination must be respected,” the document states.

21 African countries are joining together to build a 4,750-mile wall of trees

By Peter Schulte / May 20, 2020 / Good news links

The initiative, known as the Great Green Wall, aims to reclaim 247 million acres of land by the year 2030 and create hundreds of thousands of jobs, while warding off the spread of the Sahara and combating the climate crisis.

Sudan to outlaw female genital mutilation

By Peter Schulte / May 4, 2020 / Good news links

Sudan has one of the highest rates of FGM in the world. According to the UN, 87% of Sudanese women have undergone the practice.

In a first since 2014, vaccination campaign reaches 13 million children in Sudan

By Peter Schulte / August 5, 2019 / Good news links

Despite ongoing socio-political uncertainty in the country, the campaign provided children under the age of 10 with vaccines against measles and polio.

Kerma city ruins, for article on kerma culture

Kerma culture rivals Egypt as a major Nile Valley civilization

By Peter Schulte / January 9, 0001 / Archive of Human Genius

The Kerma culture rose around 2500 B.C.E. along the Sudanese Nile, controlling a stretch from the first to the fourth cataracts — a domain rivaling ancient Egypt’s. At its peak, it even invaded Egypt, prompting later pharaohs to erase the defeat from record. One of Africa’s earliest enduring civilizations, hiding in plain sight.