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The outbreak remains focused in the country’s eastern Ituri province, where 264 of the cases have been recorded, the ministry of health said.
News Democratic Republic Congo » Ituri: In Congo, doctors face Ebola with little protection: "We live with fear"
Travel bans and conflict have disrupted supply chains in the Democratic Republic of Congo, leaving health workers without Ebola tests and protective gear needed to contain the outbreak.
News Democratic Republic Congo » Ituri: Only the Right Tests Can Stop This Ebola Outbreak. Congo Has Hardly Any.
A chronic lack of investment in development of better tests has left clinicians blind and allows deadly viruses to spread unchecked.
News Democratic Republic Congo » Ituri: As Ebola spreads in Congo, a radio station tries to stop health misinformation
A radio show in Congo is trying to battle misinformation around an ongoing Ebola outbreak. Radio Télévision Mont Bleu station in Bunia has launched a program that has become a vital tool to win over ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » Ituri: Congo’s traditional healers are on the front line of Ebola fight
In a region where health workers are shunned, an effective response to Ebola relies on integrating communities and 'their rites,' the World Health Organization says.
News Democratic Republic Congo » Ituri: Congo Ebola outbreak: WHO is spending $518 million to contain the deadly virus
The announcement comes as health officials warn that the outbreak has become the fourth-largest Ebola epidemic on record, with hundreds of confirmed cases and dozens of deaths reported.
News Democratic Republic Congo » Ituri: With minimal protection, test kits or training, Congo doctors struggle to contain Ebola outbreak
In a remote mining town in Ituri province, doctors, many of them with little or no training, are fighting the Ebola virus.
News Democratic Republic Congo » Ituri: DR Congo's traditional healers on Ebola front line
In her garden, traditional healer Mariam Kabika looked for ingredients for a concoction to treat Ebola, a deadly virus spreading in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. "I'm looking for ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » Ituri: Ebola spread in DR Congo 'alarming', charity warns, as WHO chief visits worst-hit area
Médicins Sans Frontières says that never before has an Ebola outbreak recorded so many cases so soon after its declaration.
News Democratic Republic Congo » Ituri: Tibor Nagy on why Congo’s Ebola crisis will get much worse
Ambassador Tibor Nagy looks at the ongoing Ebola Crisis in Africa - specifically Congo - and why he fears efforts to curb the disease will fall short.