DRC - Rabies outbreak 2023-2024

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Kwilu: 4 people succumb to the bite of a rabid dog

Writing BY THE EDITORIAL BOARD AUGUST 9, 2023

Four people, including a minor, died of a rabid dog bite. This assessment is drawn up by the provincial Minister of Health Bena Mutuyi.

This rabid dog had bitten 21 people last month in Bansiengwon, Idiofa territory, Kwilu province, according to information reported Tuesday to the local press by the provincial Minister of Health Bena Mutuyi.

Seventeen of the victims, he added, received a rabies vaccine on Tuesday after 70 doses of rabies vaccine were made available for the treatment of victims.

The provincial health division team, dispatched to the field, in its report, reported three other people and domestic animals also bitten by the same dog in a nearby village of Bansiengwon.

Minister Bena Mutuyi has, to prevent any danger, banned the consumption of meat from domestic animals, the time to vaccinate them against rabies.

Giscard Havril Mane


​https://infos.cd/actualite/societe/kwilu-4-personnes-succombent-de-morsure-dun-chien-enrage/29171/

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Kwilu: 70 vaccines to treat canine rabies survivors in Idiofa

August 14, 2023

Kwilu, Aug 14, 2023 (ACP).- 70 doses of rabies vaccines have been made available for the care of canine rabies survivors in Ba-Nsiengwon village, Idiofa territory, DR Congo, DR Congo reported on Monday. ACP, a member of the Provincial Health Division (DPS)/Kwilu.

" 70 doses of rabies vaccines have been made available for the care of canine rabies survivors in Idiofa territory", said Mr. Bena Mutuyi, member of the Provincial Division of Health (DPS) / Kwilu .

" More than fifteen people were vaccinated last Tuesday against canine rabies", he underlined, before specifying that the same dog had also bitten three people in a village located around Ba-Nsiengwon, also some pets.

“ We are obliged to vaccinate all the animals in this region to prevent the disease from spreading to other species. This is how we ask people to adopt responsible behavior, that of not eating meat , ”he insisted.

It has been more than a month since four people, including a child, died from dog bites.


https://acp.cd/sante/kwilu-70-vaccins-pour-soigner-les-survivants-de-la-rage-canine-a-idiofa/

 

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Kwilu: 6 people died of canine rabies in Kimputu in the space of a month

Published on Sun, 03/09/2023 - 08:34 | Modified on Sun, 03/09/2023 - 08:34


Six people died of canine rabies between last July and August, out of about twenty bitten by dogs, in the health zone of Kimputu, territory of Idiofa (Kwilu).

These statistics are published by the Kwilu Provincial Health Division, which claims to have purchased the vaccines to protect survivors still under medical supervision.

The Acting Division Chief of Kwilu Province, Dr Emérence Nyoka, said that nearly 20 people were vaccinated out of the 71 doses of rabies vaccine purchased:

“We vaccinated 18 people, of which 17 people had two doses of vaccine and one person had one dose. And according to the calendar, it was necessary to take three doses of vaccine, on the first day you have the first dose, on the seventh and 21 days”.

For rabies, said Dr. Emérence Nyoka, the incubation time for rabies is up to 3 months.

He added that apart from the health zone of Kimputu, that of Vanga (Bulungu territory) also registered 5 people, bitten by dogs.

These people who have not yet shown symptoms of rabies are still under medical supervision.

https://www.radiookapi.net/2023/09/...de-la-rage-canine-kimputu-en-lespace-dun-mois


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DRC: nearly 200 cases of rabies recorded in 2023 (report)

March 1, 2024

Kinshasa, March 1, 2024 (ACP).- 198 cases of rabies were recorded in 2023 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), according to a report from the epidemiological surveillance directorate of the general directorate for disease control of the Ministry of Health. Public health, consulted Friday by the ACP.

“ During 2023, the DRC recorded 198 cases of rabies including 17 deaths with a case fatality rate of 8.9% ,” we read in the report.

According to this same report, the provinces affected are notably Ituri, Lomami, Tanganyika, Kasaï, Kongo Central, Kwilu, Kinshasa, Sankuru and Tshuapa.

Rabies is a life-threatening zoonosis that is a neglected tropical disease (NTD). It is generally transmitted by the bite of an animal including a dog.

In the DRC, the first case of canine rabies was reported in 1923, then between 1961 and 1976, more than 565 cases of animal rabies were confirmed throughout the country by the Kinshasa veterinary laboratory, we recall. ACP/Kayu

https://acp.cd/sante/rdc-pres-de-200-cas-de-rage-enregistres-en-2023-un-rapport/

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Kwilu: two deaths out of more than 50 cases of dog bites in Mateko in 2 weeks

Published on Thu, 06/27/2024 - 00:38 | Modified the game, 06/27/2024 - 00:38

Two people died out of more than 50 cases of dog bites recorded over the past two weeks in Mateko village, in the Mokala health zone, Idiofa territory (Kwilu).

Civil society delivered these statistics on Wednesday June 26 to Radio Okapi.

According to this source, the victims are all women.

Survivors are admitted to the local health facility for appropriate care.

For the moment, the local population has decided to cull all the dogs to protect themselves from the risk of canine rabies which remains to be determined.

“ There have been dogs that we can’t identify if it’s rabies or what. One morning these dogs started biting messy people like that. And the bitten people fall in cascades. They were taken to the hospital, two women have already died. There is not a measure to thwart these dogs. But the villagers are killing these dogs ,” reported Freddy Kayiba, president of civil society in the Kalo sector.

To deal with this situation, the Kwilu Provincial Health Division made available to the Mokala health zone a batch of 250 doses of anti-rabies vaccine, to vaccinate all those bitten.

And for now, everyone concerned has already received their first dose of vaccine to protect themselves against this zoonotic disease.

In 2023, more than 20 people were also bitten by stray dogs and 3 deaths were recorded in the Kimputu health zone, still in the Idiofa territory.

https://www.radiookapi.net/2024/06/...-de-50-cas-de-morsures-des-chiens-mateko-en-2

 

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Kwilu: 82 people victims of dog bites in Mokala

July 7, 2024

Kikwit, July 7, 2024 (ACP).- 82 people were bitten by rabid dogs, including death over a few days in the Mokala health zone, in the Idiofa territory, in Kwilu (southwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo), the ACP learned on Sunday from an administrative source.

" This situation which started in the neighbouring health zones of Mateko and Kimputu, has spread to our health zone of Mokala where 82 people have been victims of these rabid dogs causing deaths among them ," said Dr Kiekie, chief medical officer of the Mokala health zone.

" We have taken together with the local authorities the decision to kill all stray dogs to avoid the continuation of the dramatic situation in the region, but we have observed that several people are hiding their dogs ," he concluded while inviting the local authorities to take effective measures to eradicate the epidemic.

He urged the victims to report to health facilities on time for medical attention.

This phenomenon occurs especially during the dry season in the different villages even in urban centers of the province of Kwilu, but the best prevention remains the vaccination of dogs against rabies. ACP/CL

https://acp.cd/province/kwilu-82-personnes-victimes-des-morsures-des-chiens-a-mokala/