Ebola outbreak spreading faster than efforts to fight it: WHO
Ebola outbreak in the DRC is accelerating, outpacing containment efforts.
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The obvious questions
What is the current death toll from the Ebola outbreak in the DRC?
The death toll has surpassed 1,800.
What actions are being called for to contain the Ebola outbreak?
The WHO and Africa CDC have called for urgent, community-led action.
Why are health workers threatening to abandon the Ebola response?
Health workers are threatening to abandon the Ebola response due to unpaid wages.
The story so far
Health workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are threatening to abandon the Ebola response. The reason: unpaid wages.
This comes as the death toll surpasses 1,800. The World Health Organization and Africa CDC have called for urgent, community-led action to contain the outbreak.
The WHO has warned that the outbreak is spreading faster than efforts to fight it. The open question is whether the community-led response will be enough to turn the tide.
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Coverage (7)
- One man works to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, and he's doing it unpaid AP News · 19h ago
- Congo's Ebola outbreak surpasses 4,000 cases Reuters · 19h ago
- One man works to slow the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history, and he’s doing it unpaid The Seattle Times · 19h ago
- Unpaid wages and deadly risk: Why health workers are threatening to abandon the Ebola response CNN · 19h ago
- DR Congo Ebola health workers protest unpaid wages as deaths surpass 1,800 Al Jazeera · 19h ago
- Africa CDC and WHO call for urgent, community-led action to contain Ebola in the DRC World Health Organization (WHO) · 19h ago
- Ebola outbreak spreading faster than efforts to fight it: WHO thehill.com · 19h ago
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