Congo-Kinshasa: Red Cross Launches Emergency Appeal to Fight Multiple Deadly Disease Outbreaks

press release

Yaoundé, Geneva — In light of several epidemics in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) has launched an emergency appeal, calling for 2.2 million Swiss francs to support activities in response to ongoing yellow fever, measles, and cholera outbreaks.

In March, a yellow fever outbreak was declared after 39 cases were reported imported from neighbouring Angola. The cholera outbreak has resulted in close to 6,000 cases and 94 deaths since the beginning of the year, while the measles epidemic has produced at least 749 cases, resulting in 26 deaths.

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