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DRC: Haut-Katanga province reports 13 human rabies deaths in past year

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 During a joint press conference last week, Haut-Katanga province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Health minister, Dr. Joseph Nsambi and Minister of Agriculture, Aerts Kayumba...

Monkeypox outbreak in DRC

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The National Monkeypox Coordination has reported over 6,900 cases of Monkeypox disease, including 328 deaths, since the beginning of the year in the Democratic Republic of the Congo...

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DR Congo: More than 10,000 cases of tuberculosis have been recorded in the province of South Kivu during 2022

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The coordinating doctor of the Leprosy and tuberculosis program in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Dr Freddy Birembano reports that in 2022, more than 10,000 cases...

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Cholera epidemic declared in Kamanyola village, South Kivu province

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Medical director of Saint Joseph Hospital in Kamanyola village in the Nyangezi health zone in Walungu territory in South Kivu province, Masiya Charles, said a cholera epidemic has...

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DR Congo: Kasai-Oriental province measles tally tops 1,000 in 2023

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The head of the Provincial Health Division (DPS) in Kasaï-Oriental, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) said the number of measles cases has increased significantly even in health...

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Democratic Republic of Congo: Cholera epidemic declared in Shabunda, South Kivu province

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A cholera epidemic is declared in the health zone of Shabunda in the province of South Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The territorial authority asks its citizens...

DR Congo: 15,525 cases of measles including 655 deaths reported in Kasai province year to date

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 A total of 15,525 cases of measles including 655 deaths have been reported since the first week of 2023 to date in Kasai province, reports the Provincial Health Division (DPS). The...

Africa: DRC is facing its worst cholera epidemic since 2017

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing its worst cholera epidemic for 6 years, warns the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), due to a spike in conflict and...

DRC: Measles in Kasai and Lualaba province

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Kasai province A total of 3,327 cases of measles including 132 deaths have been recorded since the first week of 2023 to date in Kasai province. Since the beginning of the year...

DRC: Measles increasing trend, Nearly 100,000 cases reported through early May

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the measles situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has seen an increasing trend in 2023 in terms of the number of reported...