Four mothers posing in a corridor of the Hospital in Bili. All four of them are staying in the hospital with their child, that's suffering from a severe case of malaria.
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We respond to emergencies and assist people fleeing violence and armed conflict. In 2018, we responded to two Ebola outbreaks, in Equateur and North Kivu provinces respectively.
We run some of our largest programmes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), working in 17 of 26 provinces and responding to diseases outbreaks, conflict and displacement, and health problems such as HIV/AIDs.
People have little access to healthcare, and disease outbreaks are frequent due to poor surveillance and infrastructure. Violence has led to crises in the Kivus, Tanganyika and Kasai regions, and has forced millions to flee. Three of our staff, abducted in North Kivu in 2013, are still missing.
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2018 Ebola outbreaks
Crisis update - January 2020
Our main areas of activity in DRC
01 Ebola 02 Conflict and displacement 03 HIV/AIDS 04 Malaria 05 Outbreak response 06 Women's health 07 Malnutrition
MSF medical staff in full protective equipment undertake a shift in the high risk zone to check people with suspected cases of Ebola. Bunia, Ituri province, DRC, June 2019.
© Pablo Garrigos/MSF
01 Ebola
MSF staff have responded to two separate outbreaks of Ebola in less than two years in DRC; the most recent - and still ongoing - outbreak has left over 3,000 people infected, and claimed over 2,000 lives. We are providing treatment to people with Ebola and supporting non-Ebola healthcare needs.
March 2018, Ituri, Democratic Republic of Congo: Bawma Yoame, 56, recovers in a hospital room in Bunia, after an attack on his village left him severely wounded with multiple lacerations to the head.
© John Wessels
02 Conflict and displacement
Armed conflict has triggered massive movements of people and their needs are immense. We provide emergency responses in the areas affected, notably currently in North and South Kivu, Kasai, Ituri and Tanganyika among others. We treat the wounded, cover basic health needs and adapt our services accordingly.
An MSF physiotherapist and a patient with advanced HIV at CHK hospital, Kinshasa.
© Kris Pannecoucke
03 HIV/AIDS
We support the national HIV/AIDS programme, which is implemented by the country's health authorities. Our teams work on improving access to screening and treatment, reinforcing treatment adherence, and patient retention. Awareness-raising through community-based activities is an important part of our projects.
Abduraman, a nurse at an MSF-supported health centre, carries out a malaria test, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo, 13 February 2017.
© Gwenn Dubourthoumieu
04 Malaria
According to official statistics in DRC, malaria causes four times more deaths per year than conflict, meningitis, cholera, measles and respiratory diseases combined. Children are the most severely affected. Most of our projects include malaria care. We also carry out emergency interventions to contain outbreaks.
MSF staff check on Madeleine and her one-year-old son, Mapenzi, at the cholera treatment centre in Minova, Democratic Republic of Congo.
05 Outbreak response
DRC is prone to outbreaks of infectious diseases, such as measles, yellow fever and cholera. We run mobile teams, which can be quickly deployed in emergencies. Among our responses to outbreaks of communicable diseases are vaccination campaigns, case management (including surgeries), health promotion and water and sanitation activities. Ebola outbreaks are also recurrent in DRC, and we support local authorities in the response.
Ajabu, 30 years old, is waiting to give birth at the 'welcome village' for pregnant women at the Masisi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Women may be accompanied by another woman to help prepare meals for them, or bring their younger children if there is no one to care for them while they are staying at the facility. She has had ten pregnancies in the past, but has only five surviving children.
© Sara Creta/MSF
06 Women's health
Many of our projects have an important component of women's health. Sexual violence is also a major issue in DRC, affecting men and boys as well as women and girls. We provide medical and psychological support, organise family planning activities, antenatal and postnatal consultations, and treat patients for sexually transmitted diseases.
February 2017 – A severely malnourished child stands as MSF staff measure his height at an MSF-supported health centre in Bukama, Masisi, Democratic Republic of Congo.
07 Malnutrition
In 2017, we observed an increase in admissions for malnutrition in all our medical structures. This is due to violence-triggered displacement, a bad agricultural season, and less funding. We are treating malnutrition in North Kivu, South Kivu and Kasai provinces.
people admitted to Ebola treatment centres
admitted patients confirmed as having Ebola
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): 2018 International Activity Report
Year MSF first worked in the country
Six ans sans nouvelle de nos trois collègues, otages des ADF
Statement 11 Jul 2019
MSF en RDC : rapport annuel 2017
Report 13 Mar 2018
Fexinidazole: A doctor's dream
dndi.org 19 Nov 2018
Ebola in the DRC: between operational trial and error and scientific uncertainty
msf-crash.org 26 Oct 2018
Left behind by the HIV response - Kinshasa
MSF Access campaign. 1 Dec 2017
Violence and its humanitarian impact: the case of Kivu
MSF-Analysis. 16 Jan 2017
MSF releases report on shocking humanitarian situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
On 1 August 2018, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared an outbreak of Ebola in the country's northeast. With the number of cases passing 3,000, it is now by far the country's largest-ever Ebola outbreak. It is also the second-biggest Ebola epidemic ever recorded, behind the West Africa outbreak of 2014-2016.
Nearly 800,000 people die each year from HIV/AIDS, while nearly 2 million people become newly infected with the virus.
Around one-quarter of our humanitarian and medical assistance is for populations caught in armed conflict.
An estimated 99 per cent of women who die in childbirth or from pregnancy-related complications live in developing countries. Most of these deaths are preventable.
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