DR Congo: 2106 Cholera- outbreak in Equateur province

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Source: http://tvcnews.tv/?q=article/cholera-outbreak-hits-dr-congos-second-largest-city-lubumbashi

Cholera outbreak hits DR Congo's second largest city, Lubumbashi

TVC NEWS (DR CONGO) - At least sixty people have been reportedly infected by a cholera outbreak in the DR Congo's second largest city of Lubumbashi in the last ten days.

The outbreak of the epidemic has been linked to poor hygiene in some municipalities.

Acroding to reports, health officials are yet to give a clear figure of the number of deaths recorded so far and are looking for ways to stop the spread of the disease by creating more awareness on hygienic measures...

 

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Source: http://www.afro.who.int/fr/republiq...ontingency-plan-better-epidemic-response.html

Cholera in Equateur province, northern DRC: local authorities get support from WHO and other partners for strengthened contingency plan for better epidemic response.

Makanza (Equateur), 30 August 2016. To halt the spread of epidemic cholera outbreaks in Equateur province, the local authorities are getting support from WHO in their efforts to control the present epidemic in health districts where a large number of cholera cases have been recorded in the last few weeks.

As of 24 August 2016, Equateur province has recorded 1954 suspected cholera cases and 78 fatalities (4.0% case fatality rate). In this context, a team of WHO experts deployed to Equateur province has conducted a field mission to advocate and raise awareness in Lolanga Mampoko health district, 75 Km north of the city of Mbandaka, the administrative centre for the province. Lolanga Mampoko is one of the most severely affected districts, recording 316 cases and 18 deaths (5.69% case fatality rate) since the start of the epidemic.

The other district visited by the team from WHO and the provincial health authorities is Makanza, 225 km north of Mbandaka, where 517 cases and 17 deaths have been recorded (3.28% case fatality rate) since the current epidemic was declared.

??The experts are visiting these two health districts as part of a joint effort with the district health authorities to organize and implement activities to respond to the cholera epidemic. The resources mobilized by WHO will thus help local authorities to develop a policy and deploy resources to control the disease,?? says Dr Guy KALAMBAYI, chief of the WHO office in Equateur province...

 

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Source: http://reliefweb.int/report/democratic-republic-congo/situation-cholera-outbreak-drc-october-2016


Situation of the cholera outbreak in DRC ? October 2016
Report
from UN Children's Fund
Published on 14 Oct 2016 ? View Original

Since April 2016, the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been affected by a cholera outbreak. Find the latest updates about the cholera outbreak in the DRC : highlights and situation overview and the latest key figures.

Highlights and Situation Overview

Between January and October 2016, a total of 22.002 cases of cholera with 646 deaths were reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Compared to the same period in 2015, 12.269 cases of cholera with 192 deaths were reported.

8.838 cases and 476 cholera-related deaths (fatality rate 2 %) were reported in the 8 provinces en ?pid?mie dans le bassin du Fleuve Congo (Nord Ubangui, Sud Ubangui, ?quateur, Tshopo, Mongala, Maniema, Mai-Ndombe et Kinshasa) were 660.000 people are currently at risk of cholera, including 316.800 children between 0 and 14 years old...