11 dead in DRC rabies outbreakFrom JEAN KASSONGO in Kinshasa, DRCKINSHASA, (CAJ News) – THOUSANDS of Congolese displaced by rebel groups are at risk of contracting the deadly rabies that has killed at least 11 people. The disease is wreaking havoc in the conflict-torn North Kivu Province where a lack of capacity to respond to the disease has been noted. Dogs are the main source of human rabies deaths, contributing up to 99 percent of all transmissions to humans. Although provincial authorities have more than 1 000 doses of rabies vaccines for animals, it is still impossible to mobilise human rabies vaccines. “They would not be able to send human rabies vaccine and serum to the province,” said an official.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 16, 2018 05:37 UTC