T he mysterious outbreak in the Kwango province, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, poses serious public health challenges as it has already claimed the lives of 75 people and affected more ...

The cases are clustered in the country’s southwestern province of Kwango, where at least 376 people have been infected since late October.

The Panzi health zone of Kwango is a rural, remote community over 400 miles from Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The WHO said access by road ‒ around 48 hours from ...

Oscar Kazwa, a resident of Panzi, said his 28-year-old daughter died two weeks ago from the mystery disease. A view of the general Hospital Panzi in southwestern Congo, Thursday, Nov 5, 2024.

Meanwhile, food insecurity has worsened in the Kwango province, increasing from a level 1, “acceptable” integrated food security phase classification in April to a crisis level 3 in September ...

The deaths were recorded between Nov. 10 and Nov. 25 in the Panzi health zone of Kwango province. There were around 380 cases, almost half of which were children under the age of five, according ...

The deaths were recorded between Nov. 10 and Nov. 25 in the Panzi health zone of Kwango province. Symptoms include fever, headache, cough and anaemia, ...