The Democratic Republic of the Congo is grappling with its most severe cholera resurgence in years, recording more than 35,000 cases since January and infections now present in 17 of the nation’s 36 provinces, according to Health Minister Roger Kamba. Authorities say the outbreak remains in its “acute phase,” with the national case-fatality rate hovering around 3 percent. Weekly surveillance data highlight the acceleration: 2,085 new infections and 95 deaths were logged during epidemiological week 27, up 19 percent from the previous week. Tshopo province accounted for 793 of those cases—about half the nationwide total—while Kinshasa, South Kivu, Maniema and North Kivu also reported sharp increases. In response, the government has broadened oral cholera-vaccination efforts. Eleven health zones across Tanganyika, Maniema, Haut-Katanga and Tshopo are currently offering the vaccine, backed by the World Health Organization, Gavi, the Global Task Force on Cholera Control and the International Coordinating Group. A five-day campaign that started 15 July in Wanierukula, Tshopo, targets three high-risk zones that together account for 30 percent of provincial cholera deaths. Officials cite flooding, inadequate access to clean water and population displacement as key drivers of transmission and are stepping up border surveillance to curb regional spread. While the ministry reports a downward trajectory in the country’s mpox outbreak, Kamba warned that cholera-related community deaths still outnumber those occurring in treatment centers and urged early care-seeking at the first signs of illness.