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.
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UNICEF and WFP demand action to protect children and unfettered humanitarian access in eastern DR Congo
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.
More than 100,000 people without clean water live in disastrous conditions in North Kivu
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.
Massive needs everywhere as displacement reaches unprecedented levels in DRC
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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New WHO analysis confirms world seeing an upsurge of cholera
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.
Children in DR Congo facing worst cholera outbreak in six years, warns UNICEF
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.
UN sounds alarm over rampant violence and rising humanitarian needs in eastern Congo
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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Global cholera pandemic threatens millions of pregnant and breastfeeding women
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.
Agencies warn that 10 million people in DR Congo urgently need aid amid increased violence
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.
Ten million people in the DR Congo need humanitarian assistance this year
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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New cholera cases in Africa surging fast, reaching a third of 2022 total in a month
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.
Cholera rising among displaced people in DR Congo
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.
Mass displacements in eastern DR Congo pose a deadly threat to children and young people
Thousands of children fleeing fighting are at grave risk in overcrowded and unsanitary camps for internally displaced people (IDPs), UNICEF warned.
DR Congo targets two million in cholera vaccination drive
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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Next year, 274 million people will need humanitarian assistance and protection
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.
Polio vaccination campaign in northwest Syria reaches more than 900,000 children
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.
UNICEF works urgently to restore water to 200,000 people in Goma cut off because of lava damage
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.
More children risk being separated from family as tens of thousands flee on fears of another volcano eruption
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.
Children and families at risk following huge volcano eruption in DR Congo
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.
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Measles surged worldwide in 2019, reaching highest number of reported cases in 23 years
Highlighted in a publication by WHO and the US CDC, reported measles cases worldwide increased to 869,770 in 2019, the highest number reported since 1996 with increases in all WHO regions.