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Kids First DRC launches enhanced data portal to strengthen collaborative pediatric research

The new portal's architecture enables seamless integration of additional genomic datasets beyond Kids First, which may be of interest to investigators studying pediatric conditions. The first is the ...
International Rescue Committee

DRC: Women and children most at risk following recent escalation of violence, warns IRC

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, November 2, 2023 — The most recent escalation of violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has resulted in a significant increase in the number of ...
News Medical

Kids First DRC releases 37th pediatric study on rare childhood cancers

The Gabriella Miller Kids First Data Resource Center (Kids First DRC) has released its 37th pediatric research study, available in the Kids First Data Resource Portal. This latest study focuses on ...
CNN

Accounts of child survivors shed light on surge of rape and sexual violence in conflict-torn DRC

Sixteen-year-old Darkuna watched, terrified, as six gun-wielding men ransacked her home. “For God’s sake, what do you really want?” she cried. One of the fighters looked directly at the girl and ...
Jurist

UN committee denounces violations of child rights in DRC

The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child stated on Thursday that children are facing extreme violations of rights in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The committee, established to help ...
UNHCR

DRC: UN officials raise alarm at the dramatic impact of prolonged conflict on women and children, including increased risk of conflict-related sexual violence on displaced people

NEW YORK/GENEVA – The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Ms. Virginia Gamba, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Sexual Violence in ...
Save the Children

DRC: Child Mpox Cases Surge 75-fold in Worst-Hit Province as Schools Restart this Week

KINSHASA, (Sept 02, 2024) – Cases of the potentially deadly mpox virus have skyrocketed about 75-fold in children and young people under the age of 19 in the most severely impacted province in the ...
International Rescue Committee

Crisis in the DRC: What you need to know and how to help

Intense conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has displaced millions and is driving humanitarian needs across the country while regional tensions remain high, especially with neighboring ...
The Conversation

Sexual exploitation by UN peacekeepers in DRC: fatherless children speak for first time about the pain of being abandoned

Susan Bartels and Sabine Lee were co-investigators of this research and recipients of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada grant (# 435-2017-1289) that funded it. Kirstin ...
EurekAlert!

Kids First DRC launches enhanced data portal to strengthen collaborative pediatric research

The Gabriella Miller Kids First Data Resource Center (Kids First DRC) announces the release of an upgraded Kids First Data Resource Portal, designed to streamline big data search and data analysis.