Health Information

This section describes the disease burden for specific diseases among the Congolese refugee community. The data sources for this section include the International Organization of Migration (IOM), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Health Information System (HIS), CDC’s Electronic Disease Notification System (EDN), a CDC pilot assessment of Congolese refugees in Rwanda in September 2012, and data from domestic screening exams provided by state health departments.