Congo-Kinshasa: As Ebola Child Deaths Pass 300, Unicef Warns Outbreak Also Threatens Essential Health Services
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Congo-Kinshasa: As Ebola Child Deaths Pass 300, Unicef Warns Outbreak Also Threatens Essential Health Services
Disruption of services and fear of infection drive over 40 per cent decline in childhood immunizations, safe deliveries, and essential healthcare in the epicentre of the outbreak
Ebola: more than 300 children already dead in Ituri, Unicef sounds alarm on the collapse of the health system Image media PMaki Thu 06/08/2026 - 16:07 Body The United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) warns about the increase in the number of deaths of children caused by the Ebola epidemic in Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Children Bear Brunt of DRC’s Fastest-Growing Ebola Outbreak – UNICEF
NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug. 6 – Children continue to account for a disproportionate number of deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s worst Ebola outbreak on record, UNICEF has warned. As of August 2, 2026, health authorities had recorded 743 confirmed Ebola cases among children aged 17 years and below, including 330 deaths. While children account for nearly one in four confirmed cases, they represent almost one in three Ebola deaths, according to…
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