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Negate Disease The DR of Congo has a population of 65,751,512 people. For a country that is this massive and heavily populated the current health system statistics are indeed staggering!
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| Doctors in the DR of Congo |
756 |
| Nurses in the DR of Congo |
3,672 |
| Dentists in the DR of Congo |
12 |
| Pharmacists in the DR of Congo |
99 |
| Environmental Health Workers |
9 |
| Community Health Workers |
124 |
| Lab Technicians |
554 |
| Health Management Workers |
987 |
| Government Expenditure on Health |
4.3% |
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What few hospitals that exist have seen an influx of patients suffering from preventable diseases. Rates of infant, under-five and maternal mortality are staggering. One in five children dies before reaching the age of five due to disease.
The number of young children dying from preventable diseases like malaria has increased dramatically because of war in eastern Congo. |
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A four-year-old girl receives treatment for severe malaria as her mother keeps watch at a clinic in Goma. Children account for most of the more than one million people killed each year by the disease.
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| Nearly one third of children are underweight. Malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies are responsible for nearly half of deaths among children under age five. |
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