Katwa (commune)
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Katwa | |
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  Katwa | |
| Coordinates: 0°06′N 29°19′E / 0.10°N 29.32°E | |
| Population (2012) | |
| • Total | 63,422[1] |
Katwa is a commune of Butembo[2] in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, north of Lake Edward and close to the border with Uganda.[3] As of 2012, it had an estimated population of 63,422[1]
The town was seriously affected by the 2018–20 Kivu Ebola epidemic but a treatment centre set up by Médecins Sans Frontières was closed down in February 2019 after being attacked and partially burned, with one death.[4] In June 2019 the WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom visited Katwa where he launched a new vaccination protocol.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Congo (Dem. Rep.): largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 2013-02-10.
- ^ "RDC: à Katwa, un centre de traitement Ebola incendié - RFI". RFI Afrique.
- ^ [1] map at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International UK
- ^ "MSF Ebola centre in North Kivu inoperative after violent attack | Democratic Republic of Congo". Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International.
- ^ "WHO flags critical funding gap, calls for political parties to join fight against Ebola - Democratic Republic of the Congo". ReliefWeb.
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