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DRC EBOLA SITUATION REPORT 06 January 2019 _ Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola Situation Report Guy North Kivu and Ituri Photo Credit: UNICEF DRC Musangi 06 January 2019 SITUATION IN NUMBERS Highlights 628 total reported cases (MoH, 06 January 2019) • The WHO Director General, accompanied by the Minister of Health and the Humanitarian Coordinator, visited Beni. Key points discussed during their 580 confirmed cases visit included the relocation of the coordination center to Goma at the end (MoH, 06 January 2019) of January 2019 and the third component of the strategic response plan, among other topics. 166 children <18 among confirmed cases • UNICEF DRC continues to reinforce its presence on the ground to respond to (MoH/WHO, 06 January 2019) the expanding outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces. As of 06 January deaths among confirmed cases 2019, 78 UNICEF staff are deployed on the ground, in addition to local actors 329 (MoH, 06 January 2019) and partners. An additional 103 staff are under recruitment to support the response. 4,199 contacts under surveillance • On 06 January 2019, the first baby to be born in an Ebola Treatment Center (MoH, 06 January 2019) was delivered in Beni. Baby Sylvana’s mother contracted EVD during her pregnancy and was admitted to the ETC in December. Although cured and UNICEF Ebola Response Appeal discharged from the ETC, she agreed to give birth in the ETC given the risk US$ 25.763M that the virus was transmitted to the baby. Baby Sylvana was tested twice for EVD, with both tests showing negative results. UNICEF’s Response Ebola Response Target Result Funding Status 2018 # of at-risk people reached through community engagement Funding and interpersonal communication approaches. (door-to- Gap door, church meetings, small-group training sessions, school 11,500,000 8,617,946 15% classes, briefings with leaders and journalists, other) Ebola NK and Ituri # of listed eligible people for ring vaccination informed of the benefits of the vaccine and convinced to receive the 57,695† 56,509 Phases I & II vaccine within required protocols. Funding # of people with access to safe water in the affected health requirements* : Total 2,060,758 1,218,912 zones $ 25,763,204 funding available* # of teachers briefed on Ebola prevention information 32,296 7,738 85% # of affected families with confirmed, suspects, probable cases who received one or several kits of assistance to 726* 726 support their children * Funding requirement includes budget for phase I ($ 8,798,899), phase II ($ † The target is dynamic as listing of eligible persons is defined *The target is estimated based on both the number of confirmed, probable and suspected case, and is adjusted according to the 13,031,305) and phase II.I ($ 3,933,000) response **Funds available include Reprogrammed funds from Equateur Response 1 DRC EBOLA SITUATION REPORT 06 January 2019 Epidemiological Overview1 Summary Table (25.12.18): Confirmed and Probable Cases Total deaths Suspect Cases under Province Health Zone Confirmed Probable Total recorded among investigation confirmed cases Beni 218 9 227 130 32 Butembo 46 0 46 34 14 Kalanguta 40 12 52 17 3 Kyondo 8 2 10 3 3 Mabalako 89 16 105 52 2 Masereka 7 1 8 2 0 Nord-Kivu Musienene 4 1 5 2 10 Mutwanga 3 0 3 2 0 Oicha 23 0 23 6 0 Katwa 87 4 91 49 21 Vuhovi 8 0 8 3 2 Biena 1 0 1 0 0 Goma 0 0 0 0 2 Ituri Mandima 20 3 23 10 3 Komanda 23 0 23 17 6 Nyakunde 1 0 1 0 3 Tchomia 2 0 2 2 0 TOTAL 580 48 628 329 101 Previous Total 25 December 2018 537 48 585 308 74 1 Data source: Epidemiological table based on daily CNC numbers 2 DRC EBOLA SITUATION REPORT 06 January 2019 Humanitarian leadership and coordination The Crisis Management Team continued to meet daily under the leadership of the Ministry of Health with all concerned partners and with the chairs of the different working groups providing thematic updates. UNICEF continues to support coordination in all locations with functional strategic or operational commissions, and co-leads the commissions on communication, WASH, and psychosocial care. UNICEF is also active in the working groups on logistics and vaccination. A UNICEF security specialist is also deployed in the field to support security assessment and safety of the operations. By the end of January 2019, the overall coordination of the response will be moved to Goma. During the reporting period, the WHO Director General, accompanied by the Minister of Health and the Humanitarian Coordinator, visited Beni to discuss this relocation, as well as the need to plan for the third Strategic Response Plan (SRP 3), reflecting the evolution of the scope of the outbreak. At the moment, UNICEF response activities are focused around five coordination hubs based in Beni, Butembo, Tchomia, and Mabalako health zones. One sub-coordination hub is operational in Bunia city. The coordination of UNICEF’s response is dynamic due to the identification of confirmed cases and the geographical extension of the epidemic to newly affected health zones. UNICEF coordinates Musienene, Katwa, Masereka, Vuhovi, Kalanguta, and Kyondo’s response from the sub-coordination group based in Butembo health zone, and efforts are underway for a second coordination team to be based in Butembo. During the reporting period, the postponement of the elections in Beni and Butembo until March 2019 continued to impact the coordination and implementation of activities, with pockets of civil unrest in affected areas and a resurgence of negative perceptions towards the response. Response Strategy In support of the joint response plan, the UNICEF response strategy will continue to focus on communication, WASH, and psychosocial care, nutrition, and a cross-cutting education sector response. As the epidemic continues into its fifth month, an operational review of the response led by the Ministry of Health is currently being carried out. The Ebola strategic response plan (SRP)was reviewed jointly by the MoH, WHO, UNICEF, and partners, leading to the development of SRP 2.1. The main goals of this revision include broadening the geographic scope of the response by deploying teams in geographic rings ahead of the virus, as follows: full response teams in health zones with confirmed cases at present; active response (mobile teams) in regions with contacts or within population movement routes leading to or out of zones with active cases; and stand-by teams in peripheral regions within eastern DRC for preparedness activities. Beyond January 2019, a longer-term perspective of a six-month response up to June 2019 is also being discussed. • Risk communication, social mobilization and community engagement with the aim to (1) proactively engage with affected and at-risk communities, (2) provide timely and accurate health advice to encourage positive health seeking behaviors, and (3) address community concerns and rumors. The strategy is implemented through 5 pillars that include (i) community engagement; (ii) promotion of preventive behaviors; (iii) responding to resistance; (iv) advocacy and capacity building of actors and (v) communication in support of ring vaccination, surveillance, safe and dignified burials, and Ebola treatment centers • The WASH strategy, as part of the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC), aims to stop the spread of the disease through the availability of (1) WASH in public and private health care facilities, as well as reinforcement of basic WASH services and awareness with traditional practitioners, which includes providing water and WASH kits, (2) hygiene promotion and the provision of WASH kits in schools, including handwashing stations and soap/temperature check points, (3) WASH in communities through mass outreach on hygiene promotion to vulnerable communities and the setup of handwashing stations/temperature control in strategic transit locations, and (4) joint supervision of health infrastructures to ensure quality and efficient sustainability of programs are developed 3 DRC EBOLA SITUATION REPORT 06 January 2019 • The child protection and psychosocial support to EVD confirmed and suspect cases and their family members as well as contact families seek to (1) provide psychosocial support, (2) establish or re-establish social and community networks and support systems, (3) provide social kits to EVD-affected families, and (4) identify and provide appropriate care to orphans and unaccompanied children due to the Ebola epidemic. The key elements of the strategy include (i) psychosocial support for EVD confirmed and suspect cases, including children; in the Ebola treatment centers (ETC), psychosocial activities for children and their families, (ii) material assistance to affected families to better support children, (iii) the facilitation of professional help for children and families with more severe psychological or social problems/needs, (iv) the coordination of mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS), and (vi) psychosocial assistance, appropriate care, and research of long-term solutions for orphans and unaccompanied children. • The nutrition component will provide the appropriate nutritional care for EVD patients including children. The nutrition component will also promote and protect infant and young child feeding practices in the EVD context, in both the ETCs and in communities, with a special focus on orphans, separated, and other vulnerable infants and young children such as children with lactating mothers with a high risk of contact, or lactating mothers identified as frontline health workers, among others. The early detection