Kwilu province, DR Congo. Gungu is in the south-central part of the province. Google Maps.
Thanks to @BojoBodean for alerting me to this Radio Okapi report: Kwilu: 286 children died in 3 months from an unknown disease. The Google translation:
The head of the provincial health division of Kwilu, Dr Jean-Pierre Basake, told Radio Okapi on Monday, November 8 that two hundred and forty-six children whose age varies between 0 and 5 years had died since the end of the month. of August 2021 of an illness of unknown origin, in the health zone of Mukedi, in the territory of Gungu, in the province of Kwilu.
According to him, this figure was drawn from the cumulative amount of 4,881 cases including 286 registered deaths. "The cases are still there. Children have a fever with abdominal pain, vomiting, some lead to a picture of anemia. We are at 4,481 cases and 286 cumulative deaths," said Dr Basake.
He also said that the province and some partners had provided material and financial support to strengthen the response:
"We brought in medical, material and technical support. The drugs we used did not have the right active principle. We nevertheless obtained the support of the provincial government on the recommendation of the provincial assembly, five million francs. Congolese (US $ 2,450) taken out of the provincial fund and drugs. The partners also made available antimalarials, therefore ACTs and inputs of nearly US $28 to 29,000. From the weekend to this day, this 'was $33 to 34,000 USD. Drugs and inputs. We have with us here a biologist technician who takes the samples, we will send nationally to the INRB."
