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Since the end of December 2022, a MSF team has been working in the Minova health zone in South Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where a cholera epidemic has been declared by deploying the CATI approach. This approach is composed of a basket of actions, which, depending on the local context and operational considerations, are combined, or limited to some, implemented in parallel or successively. Epicentre assesses the impact of different CATI interventions on the spread of an epidemic. Report in the health area of Kiniezire, located halfway between Bukavu and Goma, where most cases have been recorded.

For the first time, a study conducted among 363 sex workers in Malawi, a quarter of whom were adolescents, describes the rate of HIV infection, knowledge of HIV status, prevention of HIV, contraceptive practices, HIV treatment follow-up, violence and termination of pregnancy in this too often neglected population. This is an essential step in setting up appropriate programs.