Attacks on Congo health facilitiesAttacks on Congo health facilities hinder Ebola response
Health workers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are facing attacks on treatment sites and fleeing patients as they try to contain an Ebola outbreak, according to reports published on May 25 and May 26.
The disruptions have made it harder to track cases and deliver care in a region already short of supplies, raising the risk that the virus will spread further.
- The first Ebola outbreak was identified in 1976 near the Ebola River in what is now Congo.
- Ituri province has long been affected by armed-group violence, which complicates disease surveillance and treatment.
- WHO outbreak responders often rely on community trust, not only medical supplies, to stop transmission.
