UNICEF strengthens response to DRC's worst floods in 60 years and growing cholera outbreak Heavy rainfall leaves more than 2 million people – nearly 60 per cent children – in need of humanitarian assistance
Children in DR Congo facing worst cholera outbreak in six years, warns UNICEF More than 8,000 children under 5 years infected in North Kivu during first seven months of this year, over six times as many cases as in all of 2022.
Conflict in eastern DRC is having a devastating impact on children’s education Insecurity has disrupted the education of three-quarters of a million children in 2022 and early 2023, according to the latest UNICEF data.
UNICEF calls for immediate and unconditional release of abducted children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo UNICEF has called for the immediate and unconditional release of at least 13 children reported to have been abducted this week by a non-state armed group during an attack near the city of Butembo, in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Mass displacements in eastern DRC pose a deadly threat to children and young people There are nearly 190 children who have been separated from their families or caregivers during the chaos of recent displacements
UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell calls for political resolution to end violence against children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo UNICEF Executive Director Catherine Russell today appealed for an urgent political resolution to end ongoing violence in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Number of children orphaned or left unaccompanied by Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo rising fast: UNICEF The number of children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) who have been orphaned or left unaccompanied due to the Ebola epidemic has more than doubled since April, requiring a rapid ramp-up of specialized care in the Ebola-hit provinces of Ituri and North Kivu.
Vaccination to contain severe measles outbreak underway in DR Congo amidst Ebola and mass displacement Campaign led by the Ministry of Health with support from UNICEF and MSF
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