Geographical Locations - Democratic Republic of the Congo

• (Statistical) Number of Inhabitants per Doctor: 1,064
• CIA World Factbook : Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Organisations and Networks

UN and Multinational

• WHO
  - WHO Country Profile - Democratic Republic of the Congo
  - WHO - Tobacco Control: Country Profile
  - WHO - Environmental Burden of Disease: Country Profile – Congo
  - WHO - Malaria Country Profile - Democratic Republic of Congo

Government

Non-Government

• Damien Foundation
  "The Damien Foundation’s anti-leprosy backup efforts in the Congo date back to 1964. Our involvement with the anti-tuberculosis effort started in 1972. Since then, we have fought tuberculosis and leprosy jointly in the framework of the Ministry of Health’s National Program. Moreover, the Damien Foundation has, since 1994, supported basic health care activities in health-designated areas such as Kayna and Lubero in Northern Kivu. Finally, since 1996, our Foundation has been involved in a Health Information System, an administrative backup project, with the local Ministry of Health, the Belgian NGOs Medical Mission Action (Memisa) and the Medical and Scientific Centre of the Free University of Brussels in Central Africa (Cemubac)."
• International Rescue Committee in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Médecins Sans Frontières in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Academic Institutions

National Policy and Related Documents

Reports, Guidelines, and Projects

• Democratic Republic of the Congo
  "The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has one of the highest maternal mortality rates (1289/100 000 live births, according to 2007 UNFPA estimates) and infant mortality rates (213/1000 live births) in the world. Maternal mortality in the east is estimated to be double the average for sub-Saharan Africa. The majority of deaths are caused by preventable diseases including acute respiratory infections, malaria, diarrhoea, acute infections and measles, worsened by malnutrition. Malaria accounts for about 45% of infant mortality. Polio eradication e% orts have been compromised, with five new cases reported in four provinces in 2008." WHO, 2009]
• Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ebola Fever
  "An Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever outbreak has been declared in the Mweka health zones following the death of a parturient, her baby and the person who accompanied them to the hospital. Studies have revealed that all three persons died of the same disease as they presented the same symptoms: bloody diarrhea… The situation as of 2nd January 2009 was as follows: 40 cases registered in one month, including 28 female cases. So far, 13 persons have died of the disease and 173 cases are being monitored. Since the outbreak occurred, the RCDRC volunteers who acquired experience during the 2007 Ebola operation in neighboring localities have been deployed in Mweka to sensitize the populations to the dangers of the disease and to help transfer patients with Ebola signs to isolation centers, as well as bury corpses in a safe manner. This DREF will enable the national society to provide assistance to affected persons in the areas of Emergency relief and non-food items (NFI) distribution, water and sanitation (WATSAN), Hygiene promotion and Capacity building." [International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, 2009]
• Public Health Training in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Case Study of the Kinshasa School of Public Health
  "The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), formerly Zaire, presents one of the most challenging environments for health development in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Within SSA it is the second largest country in land area, has the third largest population, is challenged by high levels and a wide spectrum of infectious diseases, and relies upon a physical and human health infrastructure that has suffered more than four decades of neglect, a recent decade of conflict and the economic collapse of the country. Consequently, infant mortality rates in DRC are among the highest in Africa. Previously controlled diseases such as African Trypanosomiasis have reappeared, and many areas of the country remain inaccessible due to poor infrastructure or security threats. On the other hand, DRC has a legacy of a well-organized and functioning ‘district’ health primary care and referral system. While the central Ministry of Health (MoH) has not been influential until recent times, DRC has articulated Health Zones (HZ) over the years with clearly identified organizations, norms and functions. Since colonial times religious missions have acted as major implementing agencies in the health and education sectors, and the DRC now also has a thriving non-profit indigenous network of health care providers who are major partners in the management of the HZ system." [Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, May 2006]
• Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
  "The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been involved in a chronic conflict, concentrated in the east, where civilian communities are targeted on a daily basis. The United Nations Security Council recently adopted a resolution that includes a request to its mission in the DRC (MONUC) to report on “factual data and trend analysis” of sexual violence.2 This study describes sexual violence reported to MONUC, by perpetrator and region, in the DRC during the 18-month period from October 2005 through March 2007." [JAMA, August 13, 2008—Vol 300, No. 6 653-654]

Educational Resources

• Library of Congress, Country Study: Zaire (former)