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Information Guide
The numbers to contact for emergency interventions and social assistance
- Police telephone line in Kinshasa:
+243 827 205 000
+243 903 982 039
- Toll-free number to report sexual abuse (calls are free)
106
- Assistance in case of sexual or physical assault (calls are free)
122
- Covid-19 center toll-free number (calls are free)
110 and 108
- Covid-19 Center:
+243825936 662
+243829889999
Ebola outbreak
The World Health Organization declared on June 25 the end of the Ebola virus epidemic in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This outbreak affected 3 provinces in eastern DRC: North and South Kivu as well as Ituri.
A new epidemic, the 11th recorded in the DRC, was declared on June 1, 2020 in the province of Equateur, precisely in the provincial capital Mbandaka. This province is located in the west of the DRC, 720 km from the capital of the DRC Kinshasa by river. The other cities of the DRC are not affected by this epidemic.
It is recommended to follow the following prevention instructions:
- Keep regularly informed of the evolution of the epidemic, by consulting:
- The Twitter account of the DRC Ministry of Health ( @MinSanteRDC ),
- The WHO and CDC Africa website
- Credible information sites such as: actualité.cd , cd , politico.cd , RFI , Radio Okapi , TopCongo ,
- Systematically respect the hygiene rules described on the WHO website ;
Address and contact of the National Institute for Biomedical Research - INRB
Av. De la Démocratie N°5345,
(Ex Av. Des Huileries), Kinshasa - Gombe
info@inrb.net
Schedule
Monday - Friday: 07:30 – 16:00
Saturday: 07:30 – 12:00
Social services in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Social services include a range of essential services to support women's rights, safety and well-being of women and girls who are victims of violence, including crisis information and helplines, psychological counseling and psychic, technical support for the promotion of women's activities, legal information and rights, as well as advice.
Ensuring access to basic social services is at the heart of the mandate and activities of many public and private structures, non-governmental organizations as well as specific programs in favor of women's rights and gender mainstreaming.
Health situation in the DRC
Since the Covid-19 pandemic and the opening of the borders, the movement of people, both arriving and departing from a city in the DRC , is subject to the obligation to present a medical certificate confirming the negative result. of the Covid-19 test. This test must be carried out no earlier than three days before the planned trip.
For an international trip departing from Kinshasa, the test must be carried out 72 hours before departure, with the travel document, at the National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB):
Price of the test: 30 USD
The result is available in 24 hours
In Lubumbashi, only the Grand Provincial Laboratory, representing the National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB)/Kinshasa, is able to issue a medical certificate confirming the negative result of the Covid-19 test.
For women who are in other provinces, they can approach the authorized test center closest to their place of stay
The League for Congolese Solidarity
North Kivu
The League for Congolese Solidarity quotLSCquot supports women in the promotion of their social and economic rights and the fight against gender-based violence.
Mission
Contribution to the improvement of women's living conditions for the social, economic and financial well-being of North Kivu.
Goals
Main objective
Promotion of women's economic and financial rights aimed at changing policies and practices that prevent women from enjoying their rights.
Specific objectives
- Promote the rights of women and girls;
- Promote a better balance in the sharing of economic, financial and social power;
- Promote job creation for women;
- Facilitate the acquisition of community fields for women;
- Promote the empowerment of women through information and training.
Conditions of participation
Register and pay $50
Coverage area
North Kivu: Goma Rutshuru, Lubero, Nyiragongo
Address and contact
Avenue, carmel N0 86 commune of Karisimbi Goma,
North Kivu,
+243997739381