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Mpox and children
Mpox is an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus. It can be particularly severe in children and pregnant women. On 14 August 2024, the World Health Organization declared that the upsurge of mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and a growing number of countries in Africa constitutes a pub...
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Violence against Girls, Boys and Women
This publication builds a statistical profile of the intersections of violence against women and violence against children. The lifetime prevalence of forced sex among girls and women varies widely among countries – from 6 to 27 per cent – with a SADC regional average of 17 per cent. Around 120 million children ag...
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Ebola preparedness in Rumonge, Burundi
Hundreds of people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) continue to cross into Burundi. Many Congolese travel daily to Burundi for trade and other socio-economic reasons. According to the ‘’Chef of the Port’’, between 100 and 250 cross on market days through the port of Rumonge. With support of UNICEF Burun...