Description of the situation
15 March 2002
Disease Outbreak Reported
As of 14 March the Ministry of Health, Democratic Republic of the Congo has reported 6 601 cases of cholera and 502 deaths in 24 of the 40 health zones in Katanga province, since the outbreak began in November 2001(see previous report).
The interagency committee (Ministry of Health, WHO and Médecins sans frontières - Belgium, France, Spain) which was established to control the outbreak is reinforcing surveillance and social mobilization activities.