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Sex workers are hit hard by Congo's mpox outbreak but say their only option is to keep working

Sex workers say the situation threatens their health and livelihoods. Health officials warn that more must be done to stem the spread — with a focus on sex workers — or mpox will creep deeper through eastern Congo and the region.

Associated Press · 5h

Sex workers find themselves at the center of Congo’s mpox outbreak

Sex workers are among those hardest-hit by the mpox outbreak in eastern Congo's Kamituga town. An estimated 40,000 sex workers reside there.

France 24 on MSN · 21h

Sex workers hit hard by mpox outbreak in eastern DR Congo

Almost 20% of our patients are sex workers” or those in contact with them, says Dr. Dally Muamba Kambaji with the international medical NGO ALIMA in the mining town of Kamituga, the epicentre of the growing mpox outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

Aid group says Congo had 25,000 victims of sexual violence last year

Doctors Without Borders says it has treated an “unprecedented” number of victims of sexual violence in Congo last year ...

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Doctors Without Borders raises alarm on 'unprecedented' sexual violence in Congo

Doctors Without Borders treated an “unprecedented” number of victims of sexual violence last year in Congo, the aid group ...

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DRC recorded in 2023 its highest number of victims of sexual violence ever

MSF said Monday (Sep. 30). Victims who are mostly women and girls were treated in displacement camps near Goma, the capital ...

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Unprecedented Sexual Violence in Congo: A Crisis Unveiled

Doctors Without Borders reported an unprecedented rise in sexual violence cases in Congo in 2023, with over 25,000 victims treated. The majority of assaults occurred in eastern Congo, primarily in ...

MSF Reports 'Unprecedented' Surge In Sexual Violence In DR Congo

Doctors Without Borders said on Monday it treated an "unprecedented" number of victims of sexual violence in Democratic Republic of Congo in 2023.

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DR Congo: Investigate Prison Deaths, Sexual Violence

“None of these women has received appropriate medication.” Sexual violence is a longstanding problem in Congo’s prisons. In September 2020, a prison riot at Kasapa Central Prison in ...

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Médecins sans frontières (MSF) reports unprecedented number of sexual violence cases in Democratic Republic Congo

Médecins sans frontières (MSF) reports unprecedented number of sexual violence cases in Democratic Republic Congo ...

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HRW accuses Rwandan forces, M23 Rebels of civilian atrocities in DRC

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on Thursday detailing incidents of civilian atrocities in the eastern Democratic ...

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Protect Women and Girls in DR Congo’s Prisons

A September 9 internal report by the United Nations Population Fund found that 268 out of the 348 women held in the ...

Doctors aid group says Congo had 25,000 victims of sexual violence last year

Doctors Without Borders says that it treated more than 25,000 victims of sexual violence in the Congo last year, by far the ...

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Congo-Kinshasa: Investigate Prison Deaths, Sexual Violence

"None of these women has received appropriate medication." Sexual violence is a longstanding problem in Congo's prisons. In September 2020, a prison riot at Kasapa Central Prison in Lubumbashi ...

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