Democratic Republic of the Congo

Country Overview

The Democratic Republic of Congo has been plagued by a complex humanitarian crisis marked by localized violence and ethnic conflict for decades. These dynamics have been amplified by widespread health issues, such as recent Ebola outbreaks. In 2019, the Humanitarian Response Plan for the Democratic Republic of the Congo stated that an estimate of 12.8 million people were in need of humanitarian assistance − approximately 13% of the country’s population.

Due to this volatile situation and the need to launch adapted responses as quickly as possible IMPACT, through its initiative REACH and partner ACTED, is supporting humanitarian actors in strengthen assessment activities and implementation. IMPACT has also provided critical humanitarian information to aid actors and response planners since first deployed to the country.

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Research Highlights

Ebola outbreak: Mobility and Health System Vulnerabilities in Eastern DRC and Bordering Areas
May 2026

In the DRC’s 17th Ebola outbreak, declared on 15 May, a four-week detection gap may have allowed the virus to spread through routine population movements. The REACH team has synthesised available mobility data and secondary sources to identify key vulnerabilities.

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Analyse des besoins aigus 2025
July – August 2025

L’Analyse des besoins aigus (en anglais Acute Needs Analysis, ANA) 2025 a pour objectif de soutenir la priorisation humanitaire fondée sur les besoins, en identifiant les populations confrontées aux besoins les plus aigus et menaçant leur vie. L’analyse s’appuie sur un cadre standardisé permettant de consolider un large éventail de données et de produire des résultats comparables, tant au sein d’une même crise qu’entre différentes crises. L’ANA se concentre sur les facteurs intersectoriels de mortalité afin d’identifier les zones confrontées à des conditions susceptibles de mettre la vie en danger.

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