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More than 200 health facilities in eastern Congo are short on medicines due to conflict and funding cutsOver 80% of clinics in the Kivu provinces receive no humanitarian supportShortages are leaving patients without treatment for malaria, HIV and other serious diseases

THURSDAY, Oct. 9, 2025 (HealthDay News) — More than 200 health centers in eastern Congo are running out of essential medicine due to ongoing fighting and a lack of humanitarian aid, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) warned.

The organization said it surveyed 240 medical facilities in North and South Kivu, provinces hit hard by violence involving M23 rebels and other armed groups.

The conflict has made it nearly impossible for supplies to reach clinics on both sides of the front line.

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