Overview
- Authorities have recorded 64,427 cases and 1,888 deaths since January, with infections reported in 17 of the country's 26 provinces.
- Children are heavily affected, with 14,818 cases and 340 deaths documented this year.
- UNICEF reported that 16 of 62 children in a Kinshasa orphanage died within days after cholera swept through the facility.
- Conflict, scarce access to safe water and minimal sanitation coverage — 43% and 15% respectively — are intensifying spread and fatalities.
- UNICEF is seeking about $6 million for 2026 to sustain rapid response as African health authorities note roughly a 30% rise in cases in parts of the continent, notably Angola and Burundi.