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The United Nations recently warned the healthcare workers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the risk of Ebola spreading in displacement camps surfaced.
News Democratic Republic Congo » Ituri » Health: DR Congo: Ebola outbreak still expanding, WHO sees signs of stabilization
UN health teams and partners are still racing to contain the rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak, despite ongoing insecurity in eastern areas where the virus has taken hold. As of 19 July, the DRC ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » Ituri » Health: Ebola outbreak sees soaring daily death toll as fatalities in Democratic Republic of Congo near 1,000
At least 930 people have now died after the Bundibugyo virus caused an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo as frontline workers and health centres in Ituri were targeted by violence ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » Ituri » Health: 930 dead in Congo Ebola outbreak
BUNIA, Democratic Republic of the Congo — The death toll from the Democratic Republic of the Congo’s rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak has climbed above 930, as health officials warn that insecurity, ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » Ituri » Health: Ebola Spread Risk Rises In Congo Camps, Warns United Nations
The United Nations warned on Monday that Ebola risked spreading in displacement camps in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, saying overcrowding could fuel t ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » Ituri » Health: 'It takes a lot of courage': DR Congo health workers battle Ebola
In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, frontline health workers are battling an Ebola outbreak with little protection.
News Democratic Republic Congo » Ituri » Health: Health workers in Ebola-hit DR Congo threaten full-scale strike over unpaid wages
Health workers fighting the Ebola outbreak in the DRC are threatening to go on "a full-scale strike" over unpaid wages.
News Democratic Republic Congo » Ituri » Health: Ebola Cases Surge in the Democratic Republic of Congo
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to escalate, with confirmed cases reaching 2,124, including 828 fatalities. The latest data from the country's public health institute ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » Ituri » Health: Ebola Patients Flee DRC Hospital As Angry Crowd Storms Facility in Ituri
Mob stormed Nyakunde Hospital in DR Congo, forcing Ebola patients and health workers to flee as aid staff evacuated and unrest disrupted minerals talks.
News Democratic Republic Congo » Ituri » Health: Ebola Crisis Escalates in Democratic Republic of Congo
The Democratic Republic of Congo faces a rise in Ebola cases, now at 2,011 with 754 fatalities. Recent government reports indicate 54 new infections in the provinces of Ituri, North Kivu, and ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » Ituri » Health: Congo Ebola outbreak spreading to new patients who have no known links to existing carriers of disease
BUNIA, Democratic Republic of the Congo — Four out of every five new Ebola cases in parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo have no known link to existing patients, a senior World Health ...
News Democratic Republic Congo » Ituri » Health: Ebola Cases Top 2,000 in Congo as Outbreak Spreads In Haut-Uele
Ebola infections in the Democratic Republic of Congo topped 2,000 as the Bundibugyo outbreak spread into three additional health zones in Haut-Uélé province, underscoring the challenge to contain the ...