Prevention of COVID-19 in Internally Displaced Persons Camps in War-Torn North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo: A Mixed-Methods Study

The conditions in which displaced populations (refugees and internally displaced persons [IDPs]) live complicate COVID-19 control measures in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs), particularly in conflict zones such as North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). With the goal of contributing to the improvement of prevention strategies among a highly vulnerable and neglected group facing the pandemic in an environment of extreme scarcity and insecurity, this study assessed the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAPs) of IDPs in Eastern DRC with respect to the prevention of COVID-19.