Congo-Kinshasa: Meningitis Outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo Declared Over

press release

Brazzaville/Kinshasa — The Democratic Republic of the Congo has declared the meningitis outbreak that erupted in the north-eastern Tshopo Province over. A total of 2662 cases and 205 deaths were recorded.

To bring the outbreak under control, the national and provincial health authorities with support from World Health Organization (WHO) mounted a robust response in a challenging context, swiftly setting up local health emergency management teams, bolstering disease surveillance, carrying out vaccination drives and providing medical care including through mobile clinics. The measures helped reduce the case fatality ratio - the proportion of deaths among confirmed cases - from 85% at the start of the outbreak which was declared on 7 September 2021 to less than 10% within weeks.

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