HIGHLIGHTS
OCHA adjustment to data collection results in reduced countrywide IDP figure
Health workers record more than 28,400 measles cases and more than 400 related deaths in Katanga Province
UNICEF-managed RRMP mechanism provides life-saving assistance to new IDPs
The USG provides nearly $177 million in humanitarian assistance to DRC in FY 2015 
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
In early September, UN Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Deputy Emergency Relief Coordinator (ASG/ERC) Kyung-wha Kang traveled to North Kivu and South Kivu provinces to assess the humanitarian situation, discuss access constraints, and call for increased international support to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). During the visit, ASG/ERC Kang met with local authorities and relief organizations and advocated for additional linkages between humanitarian and development interventions to improve the current humanitarian situation and facilitate internally displaced person (IDP) returns.
USAID/OFDA recently provided more than $11 million to support humanitarian response efforts in DRC, bringing total USAID/OFDA assistance for DRC in FY 2015 to more than $49 million. USAID/OFDA programs deliver emergency relief commodities, support life-saving health services, improve access to safe drinking water, and respond to the protection needs of IDPs and other conflict-affected populations in DRC.