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Cholera Alert in Bujumbura: Cholera has reappeared in Buyenzi’s Swahili neighborhood, with 4 cases reported on 5th and 7th Avenues; authorities are pushing stronger sanitation, but residents worry the city’s ongoing drinking-water shortages and dirty gutters could let it spread fast. Health Insurance Strain: In Butanyerera, people with MFP health cards say key medicines are often unavailable in partner pharmacies, pushing them to pay privately—fueling anger that contributions bring little benefit. Refugee Aid Review: In Mahama camp (Rwanda), UNHCR, WFP and MINEMA have started a household-by-household review of how food and cash are targeted after protests over a social categorization system. Regional Disease Watch: Across the region, a new Ebola outbreak in eastern DR Congo is reported with many suspected cases and limited lab confirmation, while HIV prevention and treatment services are also flagged as faltering by UNAIDS. System Pressure: The week’s theme is clear: health access is being tested—from water and medicine gaps to funding and displacement shocks.

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