The arrival of rapid diagnostic test kits for cholera in Malawi signals the start of a global programme that will see more than 1.2 million tests distributed to 14 countries at high risk for cholera.
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The arrival of rapid diagnostic test kits for cholera in Malawi signals the start of a global programme that will see more than 1.2 million tests distributed to 14 countries at high risk for cholera.
As fighting displaces thousands of people in North and South Kivu, MSF warns of critical health needs due to overcrowded, unsanitary living conditions and urges increased humanitarian support.
Crucial routes to facilitate food delivery and other supplies have been cut off, causing shortages and price spikes in Goma. The situation further strains families struggling to put food on tables.
Sites are overcrowded, people are sleeping in the open or crammed into sheds, hospitals or schools which make them inoperable. Women are highly vulnerable and exposed to sexual exploitation and abuse.
In North Kivu, armed clashes linked to M23's resurgence have displaced up to one million people. Often overshadowed, the provinces of Ituri and South Kivu are similarly wracked by relentless violence.
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Cases reported to WHO in 2022 were more than double those in 2021. Afghanistan, Cameroon, DR Congo, Malawi, Nigeria, Somalia, and Syria have each reported more than 10,000 suspected/confirmed cases.
According to Ministry of Public Health, at least 8,000 children under five were infected in North Kivu during the first seven months of this year, more than six times as many cases as in all of 2022.
Since March 2022, 2.8 million people have been forced from their homes in North Kivu, South Kivu and Ituri provinces. DRC now has 6.3 million IDPs, the highest number in any African country.
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This alarming spread primarily affects countries with high levels of gender inequality. CARE is calling for sex disaggregated data on populations at risk to improve the humanitarian response.
Since the beginning of the year, nearly 1,400 civilians have been killed. Sexual violence against women and girls is also rising, with 340 cases of sexual violence reported in Niyragongo territory.
Over the past 12 months, the humanitarian situation has been exacerbated by a spike in violence. The 2023 Humanitarian Response Plan aims to raise $2.25 billion.
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Africa is witnessing an exponential rise in cholera cases - if the trend continues, it could surpass the number of cases recorded in 2021, the worst year for cholera in Africa in nearly a decade.
Between 26 November and 11 December, MSF teams treated 472 patients, including 143 children under the age of five, at the cholera treatment centre in Munigi, a town just a few kilometres from Goma.
Thousands of children fleeing fighting are at grave risk in overcrowded and unsanitary camps for internally displaced people (IDPs), UNICEF warned.
The campaign is being carried out in three provinces in the east of the country to halt an ongoing outbreak and will cover 13 health zones with about 4 million doses delivered.
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This number is a significant increase from 235 million people a year ago. The UN and partner organizations aim to assist 183 million people across 63 countries, which will require $41 billion.
As every child deserves the right to proper healthcare, to reach some of the far-flung areas of the conflict zone, the Polio vaccination teams sometimes relied on hooves as a means of transportation.
Without access to safe water and sanitation, children and families are at increased risk of waterborne diseases, with concern especially growing at the threat of a cholera outbreak.
Save the Children has been working to reunite children who were separated from their families since the eruption of Mount Nyiragongo. At least 243 children are still separated from their parents.
More than 150 children have been separated from their families and more than 170 children are feared to be missing as people fled the city of Goma following a volcano eruption.