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WHO: Heavy rains may intensify cholera epidemic across Congo
11.01.2018 08:02 "Agro Perspectiva" (Kyiv) —
Heavy rains and flooding are likely to exacerbate an ongoing cholera epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), UN Radio says referring to the WHO (UN World Health Organization) report.
As to the report, the epidemic is already the most severe to take place within the country within more than 20 years.
As to the report, health experts fear that the situation in the capital, Kinshasa, will deteriorate due to a combination of overcrowding and the rainy season.
Reportedly, the epidemic has spread to 24 out of 26 provinces, resulting in 55,000 cases, including nearly 1,200 deaths registered within 2017 alone (up twice against 2016).
The fight to contain the disease is ongoing across the Kasai region and other areas, but it has been affected by severe cuts in humanitarian funding, a weakened health system, and a breakdown of local medical supply chains.
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