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Congo

Disease outbreak profile for Congo — 30 events, 13 diseases, since 1998.

Congo (COG) · WHO AFR region · 30 WHO events across 13 diseases (1998–2025).

Diseases reported by Congo

Disease ICD-10 Events % of country total
Yellow fever, unspecified A959 6 20%
COVID-19 U071 5 17%
Cholera A000 4 13%
Unspecified viral haemorrhagic fever A990 4 13%
Monkeypox B04 2 7%
Acute poliomyelitis, unspecified A809 2 7%
Intestinal infections due to Shigella A031 1 3%
Typhoid fever A010 1 3%
Ebola disease A984 1 3%
Influenza due to identified zoonotic or pandemic influenza virus J090 1 3%
Shigellosis due to Shigella dysenteriae A030 1 3%
Chikungunya mosquito-borne viral fever A920 1 3%
Infectious gastroenteritis or colitis without specification of infectious agent A090 1 3%

Annual outbreak timeline

Year Events Diseases
2025 2 2
2024 2 2
2023 6 6
2022 3 3
2021 3 3
2020 1 1
2019 1 1
2018 1 1
2012 1 1
2010 2 2
2009 1 1
2005 1 1
2004 1 1
2002 1 1
2001 1 1
1999 2 2
1998 1 1

Peak year: 2023 (6 events).

Decade summary

Decade Events
1990s 3
2000s 5
2010s 5
2020s 17

Position in WHO AFR

Rank #10 of 47 countries in this region by total outbreak events on record.

Diseases Reported

13

Outbreak Events

30

Year Range

1998–2025

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Country

Congo • AFR