Only eat well-cooked meat and fish, preferably served hot. Pork, salad and mayonnaise may carry increased risk. Vegetables should be cooked and fruit peeled. Avoid swimming and paddling in fresh water. Swimming pools which are well-chlorinated and maintained are safe.
Visceral leishmaniasis is currently epidemic in eastern and southern Sudan.
Vaccination is strongly recommended. The disease is transferred through sandflies which live mainly on river banks and in wooded areas. Hepatitis A , B and E and meningococcal meningitis are also present. Rabies is present. For those at high risk vaccination before arrival should be considered.