Malaria is a febrile and haemolyzing erythrocytopathy caused by the presence, development and multiplication of the Plasmodium genus protozoa in red blood cells, transmitted to humans by the bite of the female anopheles mosquito. It is a threat to travelers in general and in particular to military personnel from non-endemic countries and traveling to tropical regions. We tried to analyze the ep...

For the first time during a live outbreak of Ebola, a vaccine could be used to stop the spread of the disease, the World Health Organization has said. In a press briefing on 18 May, WHO said that it had been in discussions with the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) about deploying the vaccine to combat the outbreak of the disease declared on 12 May. As of 17 May there have be...

Abstract Background The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has one highest neonatal death rates (between 14% and 28%) in world. In DRC, sepsis causes 15.6% this mortality, but data on bacterial etiology associated drug susceptibility are lacking. Methods Hemocultures 150 neonates with possible early-onset (pEOS) were obtained at Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence Bukavu (Bukavu, DRC). ...

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is one of the innovative approaches for sustainably increasing agricultural productivity, improving livelihoods and incomes farmers, while at same time resilience contributing to climate change mitigation. In spite fact that there neither explicit policy nor practices branded as CSA in Democratic Republic Congo (DRC), farmers are utilizing an array farming whose ...

BACKGROUND The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has suffered from war and lingering conflicts in East DRC and has one of the highest infant mortality rates in the world. Prior research has documented increases in infant and child mortality associated with war, but the empirical evidence is limited in several respects. Measures of conflict are quite crude or conflict is not tightly linked to p...

This article assesses the opinions of youth tomato growers on accessibility agricultural credit and factors that influence in Democratic Republic Congo (DRC). Data originated from a household survey for 2019/2020 farming season. We interviewed 218 6 horticulture production zones South-Kivu, eastern DRC. The result reveals low rate 20.6% accessing among growers. topmost nature received was cash-...

Vector control, including the use of bed nets, is recommended as a possible strategy for eliminating lymphatic filariasis (LF) in post-conflict countries such as the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This study examined the geographical factors that influence bed net ownership in DRC in order to identify hard-to-reach communities that need to be better targeted. In particular, urban/rural dif...

BACKGROUND For the past three decades, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been the country reporting the highest number of cases of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). In 2012, DRC continued to bear the heaviest burden of gambiense HAT, accounting for 84 % of all cases reported at the continental level (i.e., 5,968/7,106). This paper reviews the status of sleeping sickness in DRC b...

The accurate interpretation of mortality surveys in humanitarian crises is useful for both public health responses and security responses. Recent examples suggest that few medical personnel and researchers can accurately interpret the validity of a mortality survey in these settings. Using an example of a mortality survey from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), we demonstrate important met...

Child marriage is defined as a formal or informal union before the age of 18. As in much Sub-Saharan Africa, prevalence child remains high Democratic Republic Congo (DRC) part because educational attainment for girls too low. Based on qualitative fieldwork, this article looks at communities’ perceptions and girls’ education their suggestions programs policies that could improve outcomes girls. ...