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UNICEF DRC Humanitarian Situation Report No. 1: January 2021
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Highlights
As of 31st January 2021, the COVID-19 outbreak has affected 22 out of the 26 provinces in the DRC, with a total of 22,842 confirmed cases.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has already reported a total of 5,221 suspected measles cases. According to statistics provided by the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (PEV), more than 41% of cases are located in the province of Sud Ubangi.
A resurgence of violence in the southern Central African Republic in December 2020 led to refugee outflows from the country into the northern provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The outflows were an addition to the already existent CAR refugees in North Ubangi, South Ubangi and Bas-Uele, that had arrived in 2013 and 2017. As at the 31 January 2021, 92,053 new CAR refugees had crossed over into the three DRC provinces, according to border authorities’ sources.
UNHCR Central African Republic Situational Emergency Update - 16 April 2021
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Preparatory meetings to establish the
CAR Situation Support Platform
UNHCR Regional Bureau for West &
Central Africa’s Deputy Director, met
with the CAR President, the
Ambassador of South Africa,
representatives of the World Bank, the
African Development Bank, the
African Union and EECAS to discuss
the establishment of a support
platform for protection and solutions
for displaced Central Africans.
In DRC, close to 52,000 new
CAR asylum seekers have been
biometrically registered
UNHCR and the Government’s
National Commission for
Refugees (CNR) had
biometrically registered 51,890
new arrivals from CAR in Bas
The East African
Monday April 12 2021
A toddler gets a measles vaccine at a centre in Temba, near Seke Banza, DR Congo. PHOTO | AFP
Summary
Measles is a viral disease spread by coughing, sneezing or through direct contact with nasal or laryngeal secretions.
Children with the disease can face severe complications, as measles ‘erases’ their immune memory, putting their health and lives at risk for years to come.
An inexpensive and 85 per cent efficient vaccine exists, which protects vaccinated people for decades.
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The Democratic Republic of Congo has witnessed an upsurge of measles with more than 13,000 cases reported since January this year.