RAMPANT VIOLENCE DECIMATES WOMEN’S HEALTH CARE

In just three months, armed groups in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo killed nearly 500 civilians. The statistics fail to capture the full scale of the suffering, as limited health care access also claims the lives of pregnant women and infants. Hundreds of people have been killed in militia attacks in recent years. Between Dec. 1, 2021, and March 7, 2022, 458 civilians including 82 women and 48 children, were killed, and 142 civilians were injured.