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Katwa
Katwa is located in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Katwa
Katwa
Coordinates: 0°06′N 29°19′E / 0.10°N 29.32°E / 0.10; 29.32
Population
 (2012)
 • Total
63,422[1]

Katwa is a commune of Butembo[2] in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo, north of Lake Edward and close to the border with Uganda.[3] As of 2012, it had an estimated population of 63,422[1]

The town was seriously affected by the 2018–20 Kivu Ebola epidemic but a treatment centre set up by Médecins Sans Frontières was closed down in February 2019 after being attacked and partially burned, with one death.[4] In June 2019 the WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom visited Katwa where he launched a new vaccination protocol.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Congo (Dem. Rep.): largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". World Gazetteer. Archived from the original on 2013-02-10.
  2. ^ "RDC: à Katwa, un centre de traitement Ebola incendié - RFI". RFI Afrique.
  3. ^ [1] map at Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International UK
  4. ^ "MSF Ebola centre in North Kivu inoperative after violent attack | Democratic Republic of Congo". Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International.
  5. ^ "WHO flags critical funding gap, calls for political parties to join fight against Ebola - Democratic Republic of the Congo". ReliefWeb.
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