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Democratic Republic of the Congo (7th)*
Population: 89.56m (2020)
Area: 2.345m sqkm
Diarrhoea deaths: 18,980 (2019)
ORS coverage: 24% (2018)
ORS + Zinc coverage: 8% (2018)
National EML download: [not yet found]
* The DRC has the seventh highest number of diarrhoea deaths in the World
National policy
✅ ORS+Zinc in National Clinical Guidelines
✅ ORS included in the National Essential Medicines List
✅ Zinc included in the National Essential Medicines List
❌ Co-packaged ORS & Zinc included in the National Essential Medicines List (added/as at Feb-2022)
Zinc availability
✅ Zinc available “over the counter”
✅ Any retailer can sell Zinc
Outlets for Zinc tablets:
✅ Pharmacies
✅ Drug stores/shops
❌ Supermarkets
❌ General retail outlets
✅ Community Health Workers
❌ Door-to-door sales people
❌ Government hospitals/clinics
✅ Private hospitals/clinics
❌ Campaigns and outreach
❌ Other
Co-pack availability
❌ Co-packaged ORS and Zinc available
✅ Discussions underway about introducing co-packaged ORS and Zinc
Outlets for co-packaged ORS and Zinc tablets:
✅ ❌ ❓ Pharmacies
✅ ❌ ❓ Drug stores/shops
✅ ❌ ❓ Supermarkets
✅ ❌ ❓ General retail outlets
✅ ❌ ❓ Community Health Workers
✅ ❌ ❓ Door-to-door sales people
✅ ❌ ❓ Government hospitals/clinics
✅ ❌ ❓ Private hospitals/clinics
✅ ❌ ❓ Campaigns and outreach
✅ ❌ ❓ Other
Co-packaged ORS and Zinc brands (may not be exhaustive)
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Co-packaged ORS and Zinc manufacturers (may not be exhaustive)
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Co-pack costs
Typical cost of a ORS/Zinc co-pack in the PUBLIC sector
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Typical cost of a ORS/Zinc co-pack in the PRIVATE sector
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✅ ❌ ❓ Diarrhoea programmes currently on-going
| Name | Organisation | Funder | Diarrhoea specific | Target area |
Additional information
ORS introduced in the country since 1990 – known to mothers – but two events disrupt the awareness: demographic growth , incoming internal displaced population and increasing of private sector health facilities. However , diarrhea and pneumonia remain two major death causes to under fives. Zinc is introduced currently, but unknown to mothers and in the community. So separated packaging is an issue for mothers: sometimes they can find ORS sachet without zinc; this causes issues in using ORS & Zinc. Awareness-raising is needed and our NGO called SFIEL ( Sante familiale Ici et La ) can raise local and national campaign and campaign for co-packaging ORS/Zinc.
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