🇨🇩 What's needed to beat Ebola in DR Congo? | The Stream

The death toll in an Ebola outbreak that is sweeping eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has now exceeded 1,000 and efforts to contain and tackle the epidemic are complicated by armed conflict and community mistrust.

Medical teams have fanned out across the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri to treat people affected by the deadly haemorrhagic virus. But health workers and hospitals have been repeatedly attacked by armed groups, thwarting efforts to contain it. Violence has also forced tens of thousands of people to flee their homes, amplifying the risk of uncontained transmission of the virus beyond DR Congo's eastern border.

We'll look at what's being done to combat Ebola in eastern DR Congo and consider what is needed to stop the virus in its tracks.

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