Kinshasa, Congo – Kinshasa, Congo (AP)-more than 200 medical institutions in the east of the Congo are in a lack of drugs due to hostilities in the region and lack of humanitarian financing, the International Red Cross Committee said on Wednesday.
The Red Cross said that he had an estimate of 240 medical centers and a clinic in North and Southern Kiva, two provinces, where the M23 rebels supported by Rwanda attacked. Unfulfilled progress At the beginning of this year, which further exacerbates one of the largest humanitarian crises in the world.
According to the ICRC, the difficulties with the intersection of the front line into the regions affected by the war do not allow medical institutions to access medicines, even if they are.
“Thousands of people have been put on the map” due to the lack of the main drugs against malaria, HIV, tuberculosis and other diseases, said Francois Seaion, the head of the MKC delegation in the Congo, at a press conference on Wednesday.
Many humanitarian organizations supporting medical institutions in the region were forced to reduce their work or close due to a lack of funding, he added.
“Currently, more than 80 percent of medical institutions in the provinces of Kiva do not receive support from humanitarian partners and work only thanks to the remarkable commitment of their staff on both sides of the front line,” Seasion said.
According to the organization, many medical workers also left the regions covered by the war, which led to a lack of personnel in almost half of the institutions evaluated by the ICRC.
The Congo, rich in minerals, has long been suffering from hostilities with the participation of more than 100 armed groups, including M23 rebels supported by Rwanda. The rebels captured capitals of the provinces of Goma and Bukawa At the beginning of this year, which led to the escalation of a long -term conflict.
The offensive of the rebels this year led to the death of about 3,000 people and exacerbated what was already one of The world's largest humanitarian crisesAt the same time, about 7 million people were moved. Although hostilities have greatly reduced as a result peaceful effortsThere is still clashes And civilians are still killing.
