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Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
Background
CMR
Wasting
Age
General
Environment
Shelter
Health
Reproductive Health
Nutrition
Food/Livelihood Security
Education
Security/Protection
Psychosocial/Mental Health
Conflict Early Warning
Democracy/Governance/Civil Society
Background
Mortality
- Mortality in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: Results from
Eleven Mortality Surveys
http://intranet.theirc.org/docs/mortII_report.pdf
In June 2000, the International Rescue Committee released a report
on mortality in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for the 22 months
beginning with the resumption of fighting in August 1998. Using normal
baseline mortality rates, the report estimated that 1.7 million deaths
occurred in excess of the number normally expected. To update its findings,
the IRC conducted a second survey in March 2001. As a result, the IRC
now estimates that 2.5 million excess deaths have occurred during the
32-month period beginning in August 1998 and ending in March 2001. The
2000 and 2001 surveys both indicate that the overwhelming majority of
deaths were related to disease and malnutrition, while a proportionately
smaller number were directly attributable to violence. This year’s survey
puts the number of such violent deaths at 350,000.
- Elevated Mortality Associated With Armed Conflict—Democratic Republic
of Congo, 2002
http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/289/22/2932-a.pdf
In August 1998, citing a need to control insecurity on their western
borders, Rwanda and Uganda sent troops into the Democratic Republic
of Congo (DRC) (estimated 2002 population: 51 million). Within 6 months,
troops from seven neighboring countries were fighting in the DRC, with
various Congolese groups supporting different invading armies.1 During
1998-2002, the majority of the fighting occurred in the DRC's five eastern
provinces (1996 population: 19.9 million). To assess the impact of the
armed conflict on public health, the International Rescue Committee
(IRC), with support from CDC, conducted a nationwide mortality survey
to measure DRC's nationwide crude mortality rate (CMR) and to compare
CMRs in DRC's five eastern provinces with CMRs in the five western provinces.
This report summarizes the results of the survey, which indicate that
the overall CMR in the DRC is the highest in the world, with the majority
of deaths caused by preventable infectious diseases. The findings underscore
the importance of the ongoing peace process, which appears to have contributed
to a decrease in mortality rates in eastern DRC, and highlights the
importance of collecting population-based health data regularly during
armed conflicts.
Health
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International
Rescue Committee : water supply and hygiene education for the city of Kananga[,
Democratic Republic of the Congo] -- final report for USAID (October 2000
through December 2001)
Link
International Rescue Committee
Publication Date: 2002
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International
Rescue Committee : Barumbu, Democratic Republic of the Congo] environmental
health pilot project : final narrative report for USAID (October 1, 2000 to
January 31, 2002)
Link
International Rescue Committee
Publication Date: 2002
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Democratic
Republic of the Congo : epidemiological fact sheet on HIV/AIDS and sexually
transmitted infections -- 2000 update
Link
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Publication Date: 2000-06
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Health
assistance to war affected population in Kasai Oriental [Province], Eastern
Democratic Republic of Congo : final report
Link
Medical Emergency Relief International
Publication Date: 2002-03
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Final
performance report : SANRU III phase I -- emergency response services : December
1, 2000 through December 1, 2001
Link
Interchurch Medical Assistance, Inc. (IMA)
Publication Date: 2002-02
Nutrition
Food/Livelihood Security
Conflict
Early Warning
Democracy/Governance/Civil
Society
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Progress
report for USAID March 2001 to September 2001 : USAID contract no.
AOT-A-99-00084-00 [i.e. AOT-A-00-99-00084-00]
Link
Save the Children-UK
Publication Date: 2001-09
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Narrative
report for September to February 2000/2001 : USAID award no. AOT-A-00-99-0084-00
[i.e. AOT-A-00-99-00084-00] -- social welfare, children's rights and protection,
Kinshasa : Save the Children (UK), Democratic Republic of the Congo
Link
Save the Children-UK
Publication Date: 2001
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Transition in
the Democratic Republic of the Congo : opportunities and pitfalls -- Congo
assessment team report
Link
USAID. Bur. for Humanitarian Response. Ofc. of
Transition Initiatives
Publication Date: 1997-08
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