Federal Health Minister, Dr Tabitha Butrus cited lack of adequate primary health care as the cause of the infection of about forty-thousand children with blindness in Sudan as well as scarcity of treatment centers.

Tabitha told Miraya FM that most of the infections are in southern states, especially Bahr el Ghazal.

The minister revealed a plan to fight the disease through construction of hospitals and clinics in the states along with health Education campaigns.