Cholera outbreak in eastern DR Congo threatening displaced persons: UN

STORY: Cholera outbreak in eastern DR Congo threatening displaced persons: UN DATELINE: Aug. 18, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:45 LOCATION: Kinshasa CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: 1. various of an internally displaced persons (IDP) site of Bulengo 2. SOUNDBITE (French): AMINA BAKUNDA, Doctor at the Cholera Treatment Center 3. various of a Red Cross worker talking to displaced people on cholera STORYLINE: A cholera outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) threatens more than 1 million displaced persons, many living precariously, UN humanitarians said on Monday. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said the outbreak is in North Kivu province, with areas of Goma, Karisimbi, Masisi and Nyiragongo particularly impacted. "Health authorities have registered 1,800 confirmed and suspected cases between March 13-19 compared to some 1,000 cases the previous week," the humanitarian office said. Since the beginning of the year to last week, more than 6,200 cases had been registered. O