DR Congo Ebola Outbreak Intensifies Amidst Health Worker Struggles and International Aid
The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has escalated, with health workers facing low pay and exhaustion, prompting the EU to send emergency aid and the WHO to urge neighboring countries to prepare. Concerns over the outbreak also led to a World Cup warm-up match being moved and played behind closed doors.
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Dr. Richard Lokudu, the medical director of Mongbwalu General Referral Hospital, has received barely any compensation for his work on the front line of one of Congo’s deadliest Ebola virus outbreaks. Lokudu and several of his colleagues work all day at the hospital treating an influx of patients. Notifications of suspected cases come even late at night. “I have not received my allowance [and] what happened to others could happen to me as well,” Lokudu said. “Despite all the infection preventi...
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