DR Congo - 2018 Ebola Outbreak in Equateur Province

May 30, 2018 update

People in Affected Areas Affected Health Zones

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~People in ~Children in
affected area affected area

Situation - Key Numbers

WHO, 30-May-18

53 Total cases
• 51% in Iboko HZ
• 25 (47%) deaths

745 contacts under surveillance

WASH
29 health facilities in affected health zones
(88% of target) provided with essential WASH services

130 schools in high risk areas provided with

(52% of target) handwashing facilities

49 community sites (port, market places, office

etc) provided with hand washing facilities in
(84% of target)
the affected areas

22,700 people with access to safe water source in

(17% of target) the affected areas

49 houses disinfected Disclaimer: The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the UN

Education C4D UNICEF's Capacity Supply and Logistics

members of specific-groups reached
53,766 school children reached with Ebola
prevention information
501 * through community engagement and 45
UNICEF staff members from the
DRC were deployed to the 528,000 USD
(77% of target) (71% of target)
interpersonal communication activities Equateur Province, in addition to a worth of items have
team of 10 staff members in been deployed for
2,428 teachers briefed on Ebola prevention
information
318,026 at-risk people reached through
community engagement and Kinshasa who continue to provide the Ebola response
(76% of target) (37% of target) central level coordination support
interpersonal communication
approaches **
Psychosocial Support & Protection eligible people for ring vaccination Funding (in USD)
526 informed of the benefits of the vaccine and
affected families, including children that (48% of target)
12 receive protection and psycho social
convinced to receive the vaccine within
required protocols.
Gap: 74%
(34% of target)
support kit Requirement: Funded: 26%
of households for which personalized
91% house visits was undertaken to address
$ 11,478,326

misperception about Ebola or resistance

to vaccination
Coordination and Key Partners
UNICEF participates actively in the coordination mechanisms at national, provincial and local level and is active in the working groups on communication, WASH, psychosocial care and logistics.
UNICEF co-chairs the national Social Mobilization and communication; WASH and psychosocial care commissions.

UNICEF is working closely with the Ministry of Health, World Health Organization, Medecins Sans Frontières and Centers for Disease Control and is delivering its response through key
implementing partners (Red Cross, Caritas, Oxfam, LIZADEEL)

* examples: CAC, religious leaders, opinion leaders, educators, motorists, RECO, military, journalists, meat sellers, drivers , youth groups, other
** examples: door-to-door, church meetings, small-group training sessions, school classes, briefings with leaders and journalists, other
Source: Ministry of Health, WHO, UNICEF UNICEF DRC