DRC has, from early 2016 to September, registered a cumulative total of 18.252 suspected cholera cases, of which 516 deaths (fatality rate of 2.8%) throughout the country, particularly in the Equateur, Kinshasa, Upper-Lomami, Upper-Katanga, Maï-Ndombe, Mongala, North-Kivu, Tshopo and South-Kivu Provinces. WHO and its partners are supporting the efforts of the Ministry of Health (MOH) to quickly bring the epidemic under control. The Organization has deployed close to 40 national experts (epidemiologists, social mobilization and risk communication specialists, logisticians, water, hygiene and sanitation experts, etc.) to deal with the outbreak. Also, 30 cholera kits were distributed in the most affected provinces. Each kit comprises a medical component with 2 perfusion devices, each of a 2 000 litres capacity, and a logistical component.