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Kikwit, DRC: ProMED posts 60 cases of wild polio virus & 20 fatalities

Re: Kikwit, DRC: 21 suspected cases of polio with 10 deaths

Re: Kikwit, DRC: 21 suspected cases of polio with 10 deaths

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Since the beginning of 2010 to date, 56 cases of wild polio virus were reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo, particularly in the province of Bandundu, precisely Dibaya-Lubwe in the area of health Ipamu, 14 clinical cases recently in Kikwit and 26 cases in Tshikapa, said the provincial Minister of Health
 
Re: Kikwit, DRC: 36suspected cases of polio with 15 deaths - Confirmed

Re: Kikwit, DRC: 36suspected cases of polio with 15 deaths - Confirmed

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Thirty six cases of acute flaccid paralysis, including fifteen deaths were recorded in Kikwit. The majority of cases involve adults with two cases of wild poliovirus. According to health authorities, the extent of this phenomenon dates back to the period from late October to early November.
Measures have been taken at the authorities and partners to control polio, said district chief sanitary doctor, Dr. Anicet Kipas.

But this struggle is to stop huge resource issues for his organization on the ground, he said.

The same source, however, call people to respect certain hygienic measures like washing hands with soap and avoid shaking hands.

Dr. Kipas made a mapping of the epidemic:

"We have three fronts in Bandundu. We Pendjwa in the northern part, with one case of wild polio virus. We are the epicenter, so far at Ipamu with ten cases of wild polio virus. And we Kikwit, with three cases of confirmed wild polio virus by INRB [National Institute for Biomedical Research]. But the peculiarity of Kikwit is that we have thirty six cases polio acute flaccid with fifteen deaths. "

The committee to fight against this epidemic, he said, is organized with support from the central level with a team of experts from the 4th direction INRB and a neurologist.

This team, he said, has also benefited from the expertise of WHO and UNICEF and the provincial government support.
 
Re: Kikwit, DRC: 21 suspected cases of polio with 10 deaths

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Archive Number 20101209.4395
Published Date 09-DEC-2010
Subject PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis - worldwide (30): DR Congo, RFI

POLIOMYELITIS - WORLDWIDE (30): DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, REQUEST
FOR INFORMATION
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Date: 9 Dec 2010
Source: MINSA (Missionary International Service News Agency) [edited]
<http://www.misna.org/news.asp?a=1&IDLingua=1&id=285438>


A serious polio epidemic was declared in the town of Kikwit, in the
south-west of the Democratic Republic of Congo, along the border with
Angola.

In a statement released yesterday [8 Dec 2010], the mayor of the town
formalised the concerns regarding the health sector after the rapid
increase of polio cases in the area, where 90 percent of cases on a
national level were registered. Based on the latest update by the
mayor, 36 cases were registered just in Kikwit and the outskirts, 15
of which were fatal. The mayor also announced a sensitisation
campaign and urgent mass vaccinations.

In the neighbouring Republic of Congo, a serious polio epidemic
killed over 200 people in just over a month, paralysing some 409,
based on estimates of the World Health Organisation. Also, in the
cases registered in DR-Congo, polio is mainly affecting adult men,
while it normally affects children under the age of 5. Polio was
considered eradicated from DR-Congo when no cases were registered
between 2001 and 2005.

--
Communicated by:
ProMED-mail <promed@promedmail.org>

[According to the Polio Eradication Initiative website, circulation
of the wild poliovirus (WPV) has persisted for over 12 months
following the reintroduction of WPV into the country in 2006, and the
country has been classified as having re-established transmission.
Prior to 2006, the last reported WPV associated case was in 2000.
Since the reintroduction, there were 13 cases reported in 2006, 41
cases in 2007, 5 cases in 2008, 3 cases in 2009, and to date in 2010,
there have been 69 cases reported (the date of onset of the most
recent WPV1 virus isolate was 11 Nov 2010
<http://www.polioeradication.org/Dataandmonitoring/Poliothisweek/Wildpolioviruslist.aspx>).

The summary on the polio eradication website of the past week's
reports in the DRC is presented below:

- 9 new cases were reported in the past week (WPV1s), bringing the
total number of cases for 2010 to 69 (all WPV1s). The most recent
case had onset of paralysis on 11 Nov 2010 (from Bas-Congo).
- The majority of cases are reported from Kasai Occidental and
Bandundu provinces.
- A SNID was held from 23 Nov 2010 using a combination of bivalent
OPV, mOPV1 and trivalent OPV throughout most of the country.

The above newswire mentions that the epidemiology of these cases in
Kikwit is similar to that seen in the Republic of the Congo: adult
males, a curious observation. The vaccination coverages in the DRC
were less than optimal for many years (this moderator had been
involved in vaccination program activity evaluation in the former
Zaire back in the late 80s and early 90s). If this moderator
remembers correctly from the days of the Ebola outbreak in Kikwit,
the area is one of those areas with a high coverage of the
population's health services provided through missionary health
facilities and thereby may well have been a pocket of high
vaccination coverages, which would possibly explain an earlier
interruption of circulating WPV in the area with resultant pockets of
unvaccinated adults.

All of this is speculation in the absence of solid data from the
affected area. ProMED would greatly appreciate more information from
knowledgeable sources in the region.

For a map of the DRC with provinces, see
<http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/cross-cutting_programs/transition_initiatives/country/congo/congo_map_enlarged2.jpg>.
Kikwit is located in Bandundu province in the southwest of the DRC.
For the HealthMap/ProMED map of Kikwit, see
<http://healthmap.org/r/0iwM>. - Mod.MPP]
 
Re: Kikwit, DRC: 36 cases of polio with 15 deaths

Re: Kikwit, DRC: 36 cases of polio with 15 deaths

http://radiookapi.net/societe/2010/...-kikwit-55-cas-dont-19-deces-depuis-novembre/

French to English translation
Polio prevalent in Kikwit, 55 cases including 19 deaths since November
Published 3 hours, 36 minutes, in Bandundu, The One, Company.


The city of Kikwit marked in red
The number of polio cases is increasing in the province of Bandundu. Since the beginning of November 2010, fifty-five cases with nineteen deaths, mostly adults, were recorded for the single city of Kikwit. According to the Medical Officer of Health District Kikwit, this increase is explained by the lack of care for patients and a response is not yet clearly structured.
The logistical difficulties are the basis of this fact. Dr. Anicet Kipas mentions the problem related to transportation. He said that for several decades the health district of Kikwit does not have a vehicle.

"When vehicles are used by other partners, the fuel is often lacking. It is therefore difficult to move teams [medical] in different sites to control this epidemic, "he says.

He launched an SOS to national health authorities, WHO and UNICEF to organize a counterattack against polio.

A team composed of the Minister of Health, members of the fourth branch of the Ministry of Health that deals with epidemics, the provincial health inspection of Bandundu and resident representative of WHO in the DRC, the Unicef and USAID is expected to Kikwit in the coming days.

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Re: Kikwit, DRC: 36 cases of polio with 15 deaths

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Archive Number 20101225.4549
Published Date 25-DEC-2010
Subject PRO/EDR> Poliomyelitis - worldwide (31): DR Congo

POLIOMYELITIS - WORLDWIDE (31): DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
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Date: Sat 25 Dec 2010
From: Pol Jansegers
<pol.jansegers@gmail.com>


Subject: Polio epidemic in Kwilu district, RDC
----------------------------------------------
Hello,
I am a retired physician from Belgium, who has worked in Kikwit, DR
Congo, during the years 1970-80.

I was in Kikwit recently, and was told about several suspected cases
of polio-virus [infection] there.

In a mail dated [9 Dec 2010], Dr Matthieu Bikoko, a local
[physician], working for a Belgian NGO, Memisa, reported:
*"Yesterday, I participated in an epidemiological surveillance
meeting, during which the mayor of the city of Kikwit [Dr Cyrille
Kiyungu], accompanied by local WHO staff and a team of the provincial
health division of Bandundu, reported the epidemiological situation
of the province (more particularly the Kwilu district):

For the moment, the status of the polio virus epidemic (l'Epidemie de
poliovirus sauvage) is as follows:
in the city of Kikwit (with its 2 health zones Kikwit North and
Kikwit South), there are 42 suspected cases, of which 3 cases were
confirmed, and 15 died. One of the 3 confirmed cases is a young lady
of 20 years old, who is still alive.*
** Health zone Ipamu: 10 cases*
** Health zone Kimputu: 1 case."*

Yesterday, 24 Dec 2010, the mayor, Dr Kiyungu, sent me a mail
mentioning: "We have now 60 cases of wild polio virus in Kikwit, and
20 fatalities.
--
Dr Pol Jansegers
<pol.jansegers@gmail.com>

[ProMED-mail is grateful to Dr. Jansegers for providing us with an
update on the polio situation in Kikwit Democratic Republic of the
Congo (DR Congo). In the ProMED-mail posting of 9 Dec 2010, there was
a report of 36 cases and 15 deaths attributable to wild poliovirus
(WPV) infection in Kikwit (see Poliomyelitis - worldwide (30): DR
Congo, RFI 20101209.4395).

According to the most recent weekly report available on the polio
eradication initiative website, as of 22 Dec 2010, there have been 79
cases of WPV infection confirmed to date in the DR Congo. In the
preceding week, there were 5 new cases reported (3 WPV1s from Kasai
Occidental, one WPV1 from Kasai Oriental and one WPV1 from
Bas-Congo). The most recent confirmed case had a date of onset of
paralysis of 18 Nov 2010 -- a WPV1 in Bas Congo.

Kikwit is located in the province of Bandundu (see the map links
provided below). One suspects that the cases referred to in the above
message from Dr. Jansegers may be pending laboratory confirmation,
and will be added to the official case count as laboratory results
become available.
 
Re: Kikwit, DRC: ProMED posts 60 cases of wild polio virus & 20 fatalities

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French to English translation
Issue Archive 20110103.216676
Date posted 03-Jan-2011
Subject PRO / FRA> Poliomyelitis - DR Congo


Subject: Poliomyelitis - DR Congo


POLIO - THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
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Date: Mon, December 27, 2010
Source: Emergency [edited]
<http://www.urgences-ci.net/lire.php?id=1224&PHPSESSID=33c0ef8b0654cc4ecb6f784f18bfeb2a>


Congo - Kinshasa: Resurgence of polio - the government mobilized
---------------------------------
The organization of a vast campaign
vaccination to eradicate the wild poliovirus
DRC. A disabling illness and causes
Death resurfaced with the epicenter
Kikwit in Bandundu.

Also, Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito he
Friday, December 24, 2010 chaired a major
meeting on the resurgence of wild poliovirus
in certain provinces of DR Congo.
The overall objective contemplated by this meeting
was to examine ways and means to organize
a vaccination campaign to stop the
wild poliovirus circulation in the DR Congo.

Polio is a disease caused by the
poliovirus. The disease cripples for life.
It causes death in most cases.
Moreover, the record indicates that we must begin
shares of major combat. To date, more
of 82 cases and 20 suspects are identified. They
distributed over the provinces of Kasai
Oriental, Bandundu, Katanga, Equateur,
Province Orientale and Kinshasa, the
capital. According to present medical data
Department of Health, the city of
Kikwit is the epicenter of the disease.

To succeed, you need a vaccination campaign
General to eradicate this disease. What
requires material resources.
Hence, the need to mobilize resources
financial resources. For this reason
the government under the coordination of
Prime Minister decided to convene at the Hotel
government (Prime Minister) from Monday, December 27
2010, a fundraiser that would collect
individual contributions of each member government.

Mr. Adolphe Muzito during this meeting
announced the contribution of material
government to achieve the
Vaccination across the country. More
strategies are possible to eradicate
Polio vaccination including door to door, and in all environments.

To avoid the disease, the Ministry of Health,
recommends to the people a simple gesture
personal hygiene: wash hands often.

The current immunization coverage estimated at 73
percent is low. It justifies the
Vaccination total population of some
75 million people in DR Congo.

-
Provided by:
ProMED-FRA
<promed-fra@promedmail.org>

[Unlike its neighbor the Republic of
Congo, which remained about 10 years without any
polio, DR Congo has seen cases
Recent polio wild virus polio
in the region of Kasai Occidental (see ProMED
FRA number of archives 20101002.213732 October 2, 2010).
The article here does not specify whether there are cases of
death or not, but as the Republic of Congo
it may be noted that the low coverage
Vaccination is partly the cause of this resurgence of polio cases.

Interactive map of HealthMap / ProMED-mail
Democratic Republic of Congo
<http://healthmap.org/r/01Cl> available. - Mod.SC]
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Re: Kikwit, DRC: ProMED posts 60 cases of wild polio virus & 20 fatalities

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Kikwit
The epidemic of polio ramifies, MERU \ 's implies!
Kinshasa, 10/01/2011

The problem \ 's polio epidemic is becoming increasingly worrisome in the city of Kikwit. The stock is currently \ 's lift. \ "In 39 days, 68 cases including 21 deaths in which no child aged 0 to five years. The death attack people \ 's age is between 6 and 30 years. \", Explains Dr. Anicet Kipas, MD Chief District Health Kikwit and vice president of CLEC (Committee for the Fight Against Epidemics and Disasters). Among patients, the source said, more than 50 per cent involve Kikwit Kikwit and North-South. The rest is now affecting cities like Lusanga, Idiofa, Ipamu, Masi, Bulungu, Nkara, Bandundu city and last minute Gungu. This ramifies. The medical links this sad disease to a highly defective hygiene. Faced with this tragedy, the Department \ 's Church of Christ in Congo Refugees and Emergencies (MERU in acronym) brings the hands-on. A delegation of that institution, headed by Rev. Dominic Mukanya, already residing in Kikwit. \ "If we're here, it \ 's response to \' s warning that was launched by the Chief Medical Officer of Health District Kikwit, Dr. Anicet Kipas, interposed by another doctor who works in Kinshasa. We contacted and launched an SOS from the \ 'raging epidemic in Kikwit and surrounding areas. \' s compared to what we have contacted the authorities \ 's Church, which have mandated us, and it is also our mandate as that \ agency \ 's Church of Christ in Congo. We have alerted our partner Christian Aid to see how we can respond to this emergency and make our contribution so little to reduce the harmful effects of this epidemic \ " he advised. Thursday 30 and Friday, December 31 last training sessions and outreach to the \ 'for leaders \' s opinion, the press and community volunteers have just been held at the Centre d \ 'Protestant Home (CAP) with \ 's support of Christian Aid. Kipas has, after explaining the structure of the Committee for the Fight Against Epidemics and Disasters (CLEC) and its operation, presented the current status of the \ 'epidemic in the city and how it ramifies. He also alluded to the \ Initiative \ 's Polio Eradication (IEP) set up by the medical profession. According to the Medical Officer of Health District, neglect of epidemiological surveillance, the \ inadequate hygiene, and the refusal of vaccination by many parents do that \ 's polio epidemic in Kikwit had this magnitude. For his part, Dr. Benjamin Mbotato Surgeon \ 's antenna EPI / Kikwit stressed the \ importance of community involvement in the fight against this epidemic, and took the opportunity to project images of some victims of polio. \ "To \ 's time, is Kikwit \' s epicenter of this epidemic in DR Congo \", he added. Marie-Therese and Yvonne Mukwela Kutiyo, both of the Social Mobilization (Moso) have strived \ 's precisely elucidate the pathways related to social mobilization and strategies to mobilize resources, both human, material and financial. It should be noted that Mukashiyeno Bishop, Vice President \ 's ECC / Bandundu, thanked all partners for their actions: \ "I want to thank wholeheartedly MERU which quickly responded positively to our cry of distress. Thanks Christian Aid for their support. Thank you to all who have consented to this training \ ". \ "We came to do our part to fight against this epidemic. You who have the training, try to educate your respective layers \," added Dr. Vancky Tshiyombo Christian Aid. Badylon Kawanda Bakiman
 
Re: Kikwit, DRC: ProMED posts 60 cases of wild polio virus & 20 fatalities

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French to English translation
32 people die of polio in Kikwit
Kikwit, 10/01 (ACP) .- 32 people died of polio on the 81 cases detected in the city of Kikwit and the surrounding area, the CPA announced a medical source of the Church of Christ in Congo.

Thus, in the context of the fight against this pandemic, the emergency service of the Church of Christ in Congo recently held a sensitization workshop for opinion leaders in this city. During this workshop, emphasis was placed on the need to observe hygienic measures as a means of preventing this disease. A vaccination campaign was announced in the next 20 to 24 January in this part of the province of Bandundu. ACP / Fed
 
Re: Kikwit, DRC: ProMED posts 60 cases of wild polio virus & 20 fatalities

http://ipsinternational.org/fr/_note.asp?idnews=6324HEALTH-RD CONGO
The epidemic of polio is still prevalent
Badylon K. Bakiman

Kikwit, Congo, Jan 17 (IPS) - "The vaccination campaign of reprisal against polio epidemic starts Thursday, January 20, 2011 in the provinces of Bandundu and Kasai Occidental, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) , said Minister of Health, Victor Mwakweng.

The governors and the medical inspectors of the provinces concerned are already busy preparing for a campaign door to door, the ministry said. At a press briefing on Jan. 5 in Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC, the Minister has reassessed the overall budget for immunization against polio across the country to 60 million, against an initial assessment of $ 50 million December 17.

The poor hygiene, neglect and epidemiological refusal to be vaccinated promote the polio epidemic that raged in the DRC. According to the Ministry of Health, Kikwit, Bandundu the main town in south-west of the DRC, is the epicenter of the epidemic.

Yollande Beles, 21, moaning in her bed Dec. 14, 2010, the hospital Kanzombi, near Kikwit. She no longer works and does not know move his arm. After a high fever and headache, she is paralyzed in his upper and lower limbs. At his bedside, Dr. Joselle Mbuyi, a doctor in a technical department of the Ministry of Health, which deals with disasters and epidemics in the DRC, accompanied by Dr. Benjamin Mbotato, member of the fight against epidemics and disasters (CLEC ).

"Yollande is a confirmed case of polio among many others. It will remain in this state during the rest of his life. It has already passed the stage of death, but there are some who die, "says Mbotato IPS.

Mbotato further emphasized during an awareness session, the signs of serious illness leading to death are blocking urine, paralysis of respiratory muscles, meningeal syndrome, convulsions, and gastrointestinal disorders: diarrhea, nausea and vomiting.

Since November 2010, the polio epidemic raged in DRC where seven provinces are affected: Bandundu, Kasai Occidental, Katanga, Equateur, Bas-Congo Province and Eastern Province city of Kinshasa. But the government is organizing a response to eradicate it.

According to Dr. Ncharr? Chouaibou the World Health Organization in mission work for the epidemic in Kikwit, there are 147 recorded cases throughout the DRC, 80 in Bandundu, Kasai Occidental 60 in two cases in Bas-Congo and five in Katanga.

The wild poliovirus type 1, which had attacked Angola - a country bordering neighbor - towards the end of 2010 through the Congo - Brazzaville, is now in the DRC following the movement of people across borders, according Kipas . It kills more adults than children zero to five years, he says, adding that a case of polio is likely to infect 200 people around him.

From the beginning of the epidemic, the Ministry of Health has asked the Congolese population to systematically observe the basic standards of hygiene.

Congo Vision, a media company based in Kinshasa, said on its website, December 28, 2010, for a polio outbreak of 220 cases recorded, an immunization campaign was active in the capital and throughout the DRC.

Population lives in abject psychosis. "For our ancestors, we have never seen polio kill adults are often babies and small children who suffer. Would not it witchcraft ...??, wondered in amazement, Kamikana Gregory, 82 years old, living in Kalanganda in western DRC.

On 24 December at a ministerial meeting in Kinshasa to discuss how a vaccination campaign to halt the circulation of wild poliovirus in the DRC, the Prime Minister Adolphe Muzito had begun to collect individual contributions of members of government. He also announced the government's contribution without specifying the amount.

The ministry of the Church of Christ in Congo refugee emergencies and has been involved in raising awareness with the financial support of the nongovernmental organization (NGO) Christian Aid. This church includes communities of Protestant churches in the DRC. Several other NGOs are also involved in the campaign against polio. (FIN/2011)
 
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