Six Months of Containing Outbreak: DRC Makes Strides Against Ebola as Thousands Recover—WHO
Six Months of Containing Outbreak: DRC Makes Strides Against Ebola as Thousands Recover—WHO
Significant progress has been made in fighting the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the DRC, with nearly 2,000 treatment beds available, and around 3,000 people already recovered, the WHO said.
Over 17,000 community health workers have also been trained, while diagnostic capacity has expanded to over two dozen labs, the organization noted.
However, the response faces severe difficulties: 400 to 500 new cases reported weekly; ongoing conflict and attacks on health care are disrupting lifesaving operations and contact tracing, according to the WHO.
To protect this fragile progress and scale up the response, fast and flexible international funding through 2027 is urgently needed, it emphasized.
Video by the World Health Organization Regional Office for Africa
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