Exhausted health workers in Congo struggle to keep up as Ebola outpaces contact tracing
WHO said 60% to 70% of new cases are being found outside contact tracing as unpaid health workers struggle to keep up.
- Health workers in eastern Congo struggle to track Ebola cases as 60% to 70% of new infections are found outside existing contact monitoring, hindering containment efforts, according to community health worker Gédéon Banga Ngbape.
- The ongoing Ebola outbreak in Congo has caused over 2,200 deaths from more than 4,700 cases, spreading nearly three times faster than the 2014-16 West Africa outbreak.
- Health workers face unpaid salaries, insecurity, misinformation, and difficult working conditions, which have impacted their ability to control the outbreak.
- Efforts are underway by Congo's government to resolve delayed payments and improve surveillance and response, with additional emergency funding announced by the United Nations humanitarian chief.
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Exhausted health workers in Congo struggle to keep up as Ebola outpaces contact tracing
Gédéon Banga Ngbape and his team of community health workers are laboring tirelessly in eastern Congo to track the country’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak.
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