More health workers strike as Ebola cases in Congo exceed 2,000, including 754 deaths
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A key challenge is that health authorities have yet to identify the outbreak’s patient zero.
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Public health response cannot succeed where governance is fractured, logistics are crippled, and trust is already in short supply....no matter how robust the "pandemic response plans" are. The post Rebels, Hospital Worker Strikes, and Ebola: How Fractured Governance Is Fueling Congo’s Outbreak first…
RWAMPARA, Congo (AP) — Dozens of people working at an Ebola virus treatment center in northeast Congo went on strike Monday over unpaid salaries and bonuses. Congo has been battling since May a new wave of the virus, named by the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention last week as the fas…
Dozens of workers at an Ebola treatment center in northeast Congo have gone on strike over unpaid salaries and bonuses. The staff at Rwampara General Hospital in Ituri province includes epidemiologists, case investigators, drivers, and gravediggers.
Dozens of workers at an Ebola treatment center in northeast Congo have gone on strike over unpaid salaries and bonuses. The staff at Rwampara General Hospital in Ituri province includes epidemiologists, case investigators, drivers, and gravediggers.
Ebola is continuing to spread in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Two new provinces in the country have registered new cases. Aid workers warn that the disease is outpacing the health response. Details by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Kinshasa, Emmet Livingstone.
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo “continues to outpace the response efforts,” the World Health Organization’s emergencies chief said on Tuesday after returning from a trip to Bunia, in Ituri province, which is one of the worst hit areas.
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo “continues to outpace the response efforts,” the WHO’s emergencies chief said on Tuesday after returning from a trip to one of the worst hit…
BUNIA, Congo (AP) — The confirmed cases of Ebola in Congo have reached 2,011, including 754 deaths, according to government data released overnight in what authorities say is the fastest-growing outbreak on record.
Confirmed cases of Ebola in DR Congo have reached 2,011, including 754 deaths, according to government data in what authorities say is the fastest-growing outbreak on record. It comes as health workers at the Bunia General Hospital went on strike on Wednesday, the latest group to have walked off the…
NAIROBI, Kenya — More than 2,000 people have now been confirmed to have contracted Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the country's Information Ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry said the number of confirmed cases has reached 2,011,…
More than 2,000 Ebola cases, including 754 deaths, have been recorded in the DR Congo, where the World Health Organization warns the outbreak may be two to four times larger than official figures suggest.
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