The DR of Congo has a population of 65,751,512 people. The country spans 1.6 million sq. miles. For a country that is this massive and heavily populated the current health system statistics are indeed staggering. The Mwamba Family Foundation is working with established health clinics to provide them with medical supplies. We will work directly with the locals and help by giving them access to education in the medical field, so that they may begin to help their people. We are excited about changing these outrageous statistics!
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
CommunityHealth Workers
124
Lab Technicians
554
Health Management Workers
987
Government Expenditure on Health
4.3%
The International Rescue Committee counts 5.4 million deaths in Congo since civil war erupted in 1998. But 2 million have died since the relative peace of 2002. Dr. Richard Brennan, a study author, says most of those deaths come from treatable diseases. Experts note that civilians in the DRC have received little aid – about $3.25 per person per year. Pervasive violence and instability prevents farmers from tilling their fields, markets from getting food to the hungry, and clinics from providing basic healthcare and vaccines.
Displaced Congolese have packed into squalid camps that are plagued with growing health problems. Humanitarian workers are racing to stem the spread of diseases including cholera and malaria.When the town of Kibaya in Congo's volatile North Kivu province was overrun with 20,000 civilians fleeing violence, the town was simply unprepared to cope with the influx of people. The health center employed a single nurse, who could see only three patients per day. The few medicines available had passed their expiration dates. And in a town where cases of chronic diarrhea were spiraling, only three packets of rehydration salts were available. The Mwamba Family Foundation will help to provide health centers with more crucial medicines.
The DR of Congo ranks 11th among the world’s 22 high-burden tuberculosis countries. TB is one of the leading causes of death in the country, particularly affecting individuals in their economically productive years. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, malaria is the primary cause of illness and death:5 million cases of malaria are reported annually, resulting in 500,000 to 1 million people deaths. The Mwamba Family Foundation will help to get the proper vaccines into the health clinics.
The DR of Congo has a population of 65,751,512 people. The country spans 1.6 million sq. miles. For a country that is this massive and heavily populated the current health system statistics are indeed staggering. The Mwamba Family Foundation is working with established health clinics to provide them with medical supplies. We will work directly with the locals and help by giving them access to education in the medical field, so that they may begin to help their people. We are excited about changing these outrageous statistics! 
The International Rescue Committee counts 5.4 million deaths in Congo since civil war erupted in 1998. But 2 million have died since the relative peace of 2002. Dr. Richard Brennan, a study author, says most of those deaths come from treatable diseases. Experts note that civilians in the DRC have received little aid – about $3.25 per person per year. Pervasive violence and instability prevents farmers from tilling their fields, markets from getting food to the hungry, and clinics from providing basic healthcare and vaccines.
Displaced Congolese have packed into squalid camps that are plagued with growing health problems. Humanitarian workers are racing to stem the spread of diseases including cholera and malaria.When the town of Kibaya in Congo's volatile North Kivu province was overrun with 20,000 civilians fleeing violence, the town was simply unprepared to cope with the influx of people. The health center employed a single nurse, who could see only three patients per day.
The DR of Congo ranks 11th among the world’s 22 high-burden tuberculosis countries. TB is one of the leading causes of death in the country, particularly affecting individuals in their economically productive years. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, malaria is the primary cause of illness and death:5 million cases of malaria are reported annually, resulting in 500,000 to 1 million people deaths. The Mwamba Family Foundation will help to get the proper vaccines into the health clinics.