UNICEF strengthens response to growing cholera outbreak amid floods in DRC

STORY: UNICEF strengthens response to growing cholera outbreak amid floods in DRC SHOOTING DATE: Feb. 9, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 10, 2024 LENGTH: 00:04:14 LOCATION: Kinshasa CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of flood-affected areas 2. various of treatment wards, patients 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (French): ANTHONY BONHOMMEAU, Emergency specialist, UNICEF 4. various of treatment wards, patients 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (French): ANTHONY BONHOMMEAU, Emergency specialist, UNICEF 6. various of patients 7. SOUNDBITE 3 (French): JEAN LIYOLONGO, Emergency officer, UNICEF 8. SOUNDBITE 4 (Swahili): PENDO, Internally displaced person 9. various of flood-affected areas STORYLINE: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is responding to devastating flooding in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with the Congo River rising to levels not seen in more than 60 years and growing cholera outbreak. Eighteen out of DRC's 26 provinces are affected following exceptionally heavy rainfall over the past couple of months, leaving more tha