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Highlights

• 31 January 2018: UNICEF extended the Level 3 corporate emergency response in the Kasai region till July, 2018 and extended the L3 response to include South Kivu and Tanganyika provinces. This extension will enable UNICEF to scale-up humanitarian action for the 7.9 million children in need of humanitarian assistance and reach the operational benchmarks set for the response.
• In Tanganyika province, 23,726 Internally Displaced Persons around Kalemie city benefited from essential Non-Food Items (NFIs), including plastic sheeting, blankets, mosquito nets and soaps, through the Rapid Response to Movements of Populations (RRMP).
• In January, 2018, a total of 3,216 cholera cases were recorded, including 58 deaths, in 16 provinces out of 26 (lethality rate: 1.8%). In Kinshasa city, there were 692 cholera cases and 16 deaths.

Situation in Numbers

• 4.49 million Internally Displaced persons (IDPs) (OCHA, Dec.2017)
• 7.9 million children in need of humanitarian assistance (OCHA, Jan.2018)
• 2 million Children are suffering from Sever Acute malnutrition (DRC Cluster Nutrition, Jan.2018)
• 3,216 cases of cholera reported in January 2018 (Ministry of Health)

UNICEF Appeal 2018
US$ 268 million
11% of required funds available

Situation Overview and Humanitarian Needs

• As of January 2018, DRC is facing one of the world’s biggest displacement crises: 4.49 million of people are reportedly displaced, of which 60% of children, including 1.5 million in the Level 3 zones.
• In the Tanganyika province, at least 35,000 new IDPs and returnees were estimated, through the RRMP mechanism, to be in need of humanitarian assistance in early January, 2018.
• The Government has developed a multi-sectoral approach response plan to Cholera estimated at US $4 million, which include US $889,200 for Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) emergency activities.
• Overall, a total of two million children, under five years old, are suffering from Severe Acute Malnutrition, countrywide.