No shot in the arm for Ebola
Insecurity and community resistance in the eastern DRC are hampering attempts to control the second-largest Ebola outbreak in history
19 December 2019 - 05:00
Rising insecurity and attacks on health-care workers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) could undermine efforts to bring the second-worst Ebola outbreak in history under control.
The outbreak started in the conflict-affected region in August last year. By July it had reached the bustling city of Goma, on the border with Rwanda, prompting the World Health Organisation (WHO) to declare it a public health emergency of international concern...
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