Women Bear the Brunt of DRC’s Ebola Outbreak
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Ebola is a known disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Since the discovery of the disease in 1976, the country has experienced 17 outbreaks, counting the latter, whose impact scales to 1,077 possible cases and 246 deaths. However, this virus is not the only threat to the Congolese population. The presence of armed groups, cuts in international aid, social stigma and high mortality caused by other tropical diseases complicates th…
Travel restrictions and border closures are complicating efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak, while humanitarian organizations are struggling to access some of the areas most affected by the disease.Although most border closures provide exceptions to allow humanitarian aid to pass through, the situation on the ground is more complex.It is sometimes unclear whether staff will be able to cross until they actually arrive at the border post.The re…
In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Ebola epidemic is difficult to control: delay in alerting, zone of conflict, lack of means and diagnostics. The infectiousologist Marie Jaspard calls for international solidarity to stop the spread of the virus in the DRC and beyond.
DRC Ebola Outbreak Exacerbated By Conflict And Disappearing Aid Programs
Last week, the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) confirmed an active outbreak of the Ebola virus in the northeast region of the country. The first cases were found in Ituri Province, though the disease has spread in the last seven days to nearby provinces and neighboring Uganda. According to the Associated Press, the strain of Ebola virus that is spreading through the DRC is the Bundibugyo ebolavirus, a comparative…
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