Some Health Workers in Congo's Ebola Outbreak Go on Strike as Deaths Near 600
Workers say unpaid wages, bonuses and poor protections are undermining Ebola response efforts as cases and deaths continue to rise.
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Ebola health workers strike in hardest-hit Congo towns as outbreak intensifies
Ebola responders in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo’s hardest-hit areas have been striking this week over unpaid benefits and deteriorating working conditions, complicating efforts to contain a virus that’s infected more than 1,700 people and killed at least 580.
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Employees have not received their salaries and bonuses since the epidemic was declared on May 15.
Some Health Workers in Congo's Ebola Outbreak Go on Strike as Deaths Near 600
(MedPage Today) -- BUNIA, Congo -- The healthcare workers at the epicenter of Congo's Ebola outbreak are walking off their jobs to protest delays in their payments, threatening efforts to slow the outbreak that officials said continues to spread...
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