Africhol in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Since the
first cases in the country from the seventh cholera pandemic
wave, the DRC has been among the five countries in the world the
hardest hit by cholera. Nowadays, eastern provinces are more
affected by the disease than the western ones. In 2011, four
provinces are epidemic: Orientale since February, Equateur since
May, and Bandundu and the city of Kinshasa during June 2011. The
Africhol site in the DRC is the city of Goma, in the North Kivu
province bordering Lake Kivu, with the Cholera Treatment Centre
(CTC) at the General Hospital Reference in Goma, and the UTC in
the Karisimbi health area as reference health structures.
Cholera Epidemiology in the DRC The first cases of cholera were
reported in the DRC in 1974, and since the late 1990s, the DRC
has been among the five countries in the world the most affected
by cholera. From 2001 to 2009, 213,377 cases and 6,319 related
deaths were reported in the country, with an attack rate of 36
cases per 100,000