Among the most vulnerable people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are the country’s 7 million internally displaced persons (IDPs), as well as over half a million refugees and asylum seekers, many of whom live in camps with limited access to water, sanitation and health services.

An unknown disease has killed at least 67 people over a two-week span in southwestern Congo, local authorities said. The deaths were recorded between Nov. 10 and Nov. 25 in the Panzi health zone of Kwango province.

An unknown disease killed 143 people in Democratic Republic of the Congo's southwestern province in November, local authorities told Reuters. Infected people had flu-like symptoms, including high fever and severe headaches,