Table 1 Summaries of the 21 studies and reports considered as relevant in our study
Citation | Dates of outbreak | Sizes of outbreak | Types of data |
|---|---|---|---|
Schyns.1979. Cholera in Eastern Zaire, 1978 | 1973 | – | Reports notified to WHO (published in the Weekly Epidemiological Record) |
Carme. 1983. L’implantation et l’extension du choléra en Afrique Noire: 1970–1980 | 1970–1980 | – | Reports notified to WHO (published in the Weekly Epidemiological Record) |
Rémy & Dejours. 1988. L’Africanisation du choléra | 1973 | – | Reports notified to WHO (published in the Weekly Epidemiological Record) |
Bompangue. 2012. Cholera ante portas–The re-emergence of cholera in Kinshasa after a ten-year hiatus | 1996–2001 and 2011 | 5105 cases and 300 deaths (1996–2001); 6232 cases and 292 deaths (the first 47 weeks of 2011) | Routinely passive surveillance data (1996–2001); Routinely passive surveillance and microbiological data (from all 7 affected DRC provinces including Kinshasa) (2011) |
Ingelbeen. 2019. Recurrent cholera outbreaks, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 2008–2017 | 2008–2017 | 42,340 suspected cases reported in non endemic provinces (2011–2012 and 2015–2017) | Routinely passive surveillance and microbiological data |
Bompangue. 2020. Description of the targeted water supply and hygiene response strategy implemented during the cholera outbreak of 2017–2018 in Kinshasa, DRC | 2017–2018 | 1712 suspected cholera cases, including 53 deaths | Routinely passive surveillance data |
Weill. 2017. Genomic history of the seventh pandemic of cholera in Africa | 1966–2014 | – | Genomic data |
Irenge. 2020. Genomic analysis of pathogenic isolates of Vibrio cholerae from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (2014–2017) | 2014–2017 | – | Genomic data |
Breurec. 2021. Seventh pandemic Vibrio cholerae O1 sublineages, Central African Republic | 1997–2016 | – | Genomic data |
Moore. 2018. Epidemiological study of cholera hotspots and epidemiological basins in East and Southern Africa. In-depth report on cholera epidemiology in Angola | 2006–2007 | 67,256 cases and 2,722 deaths | Routinely passive surveillance data |
Ministère de la Santé Publique. 2012. Situation épidémiologique du choléra en République Démocratique du Congo en 2011 | 2006 | – | Routinely passive surveillance data |
UNICEF. 2011. UNICEF fights "one of the worst ever" cholera outbreaks in West and Central Africa | 2011 | – | Routinely passive surveillance data |
World Health Organization. 2011. Cholera outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Congo | 2011 | 5105 cases and 300 deaths (as of July 20) | Routinely passive surveillance data |
UNICEF. 2015. Cholera outbreaks in Central and West Africa: 2015 Regional Update—Week 37 | 2015 | 697 cases and 37 deaths (Maniema province) | Routinely passive surveillance data |
UNICEF. 2016. Cholera outbreaks in Central and West Africa: 2016 Regional Update—Week 20 | 2016 | Kinshasa (14 cases); Mai Ndombe (32 cases); Equateur (219 cases) | Routinely passive surveillance data |
UNICEF. 2016. Cholera outbreaks in Central and West Africa: 2016 Regional Update—Week 46 | 2016 | 25,674 cases and 730 deaths | Routinely passive surveillance data |
UNICEF. 2017. Cholera outbreaks in Central and West Africa: 2016 Regional Update—Week 52 | 2016 | 28,162 cases and 772 deaths (the Congo River basin: DRC, RCA, the Republic of Congo) | Routinely passive surveillance data |
UNICEF. 2017. Cholera outbreaks in Central and West Africa: 2017 Regional Update—Week 22 | 2017 | Weeks 18–22: 1371 cases (Mongala province); 1,457 cases (Kongo Central province) | Routinely passive surveillance data |
UNICEF. 2017. Cholera outbreaks in Central and West Africa: 2017 Regional Update—Week 52 | 2017 | 55,000 cases and 1200 deaths (DRC) | Routinely passive surveillance data |