According to reports, the United Nations Children's Fund said on September 30 that since this year, the cumulative number of cholera cases across the Congo has exceeded 30,400, including nearly 700 deaths. According to UNICEF data, the country's eastern provinces, North Kivu and South Kivu, are the core areas of the epidemic. Among them, there were more than 12,700 confirmed cases of cholera outbreaks and 175 deaths in South Kivu. The spread of cholera has been exacerbated by widespread floods, the displacement of people, and a shortage of safe drinking water. UNICEF said it is working with partners to carry out comprehensive epidemic prevention, implement community surveillance, laboratory testing of suspected cases, etc., and called for urgent action to protect children. Currently, cholera is rapidly spreading in many countries in West and Central Africa, and a large number of children are at risk.

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