Children under age 5 face a 61% case-fatality rate as the outbreak continues across seven provinces.
On Thursday, Save the Children warned that seven children die from the Ebola virus each day in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with mortality higher among children up to age 4.
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The humanitarian organization obtained the figure after analyzing data from the Congolese Health Ministry, which puts the number of children who have died from the disease at 961, including 623 children under age 5.
“Behind these figures are children who should be in school, playing with their friends and growing up safely with their families, not fighting for their lives against a deadly disease,” said Babou Rukengeza, Save the Children’s Ebola Response Lead in the DRC.
“Children are paying a devastating price, making up at least one in four confirmed deaths, although we suspected the numbers are far higher. When parents die, children suddenly lose the biggest support system they could possibly have and face fear, grief, stigma, and social exclusion,” he added.
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While the global case-fatality rate stands at 48.4%, the figure rises to 61% among children ages 0 to 4, prompting the NGO to call for measures to protect the youngest children from the outbreak officially declared in the eastern part of the country on May 15.
Since then, at least 2,071 minors have contracted Ebola, and 180 have lost both parents or their primary caregivers, leaving them “traumatized” and in need of long-term support.
“Every day the outbreak continues, more children are at risk of becoming infected, dying, losing loved ones or suffering the long-term consequences of this crisis,” Rukengeza added.
Save the Children’s requests include greater investment in infection prevention, treatment services, support for children without parental care, community engagement and support for families affected by the disease.
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According to the latest report from Congolese authorities, with data updated through Sept. 29, the epidemic has recorded 8,224 confirmed cases, 3,982 deaths, 2,212 recovered patients and 851 people hospitalized or in isolation.
The epidemic affects 63 health zones in seven provinces, out of the DRC’s 26: Ituri (east), Tshopo (north-central), Bas-Uele (north), Haut-Uele (northeast), North Kivu (east), South Kivu (east) and South Ubangi (northwest).
This outbreak is the second-deadliest in history globally, although it remains far below the most severe outbreak recorded to date, which caused 28,000 infections and about 11,000 deaths in West Africa between 2014 and 2016.
The current epidemic also spread to Uganda, where the WHO declared the end of the outbreak on Aug. 26, after 20 confirmed infections were recorded, including 15 imported from the DRC, with two deaths among them.
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Sources: Save the Children – EFE
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