What is Ebola and why is stopping this outbreak so difficult?
An outbreak of Ebola in DR Congo involves a rare strain and is in an area affected by conflict.
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"one of the reasons the virus spread so quickly was the number of people exposed to the body during the funeral ceremony."
— Samuel Roger Kamba , Politician
"funerals were a particular concern - as they were during previous outbreaks of Ebola."
— Dr Jean Kaseya , Executive
"my projection is that it will get worse before it gets better"
— Nahid Bhadelia , Academic
"very vulnerable and fragile"
— Jean Kaseya , Executive
Key People
Infectious disease physician and assistant professor at the Emory School of Medicine.
Dr Jean Kaseya is the executive director of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
Director of the Congolese National Institute for Biomedical Research.
Head of Africa's Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
Led the U.S. government’s humanitarian response to Ebola under President Obama.
Infectious-disease physician who ran an Ebola treatment unit in 2014.
Director of Boston University’s Center on Emerging Infectious Diseases.
Congolese health minister addressing the Ebola outbreak.
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An outbreak of Ebola in DR Congo involves a rare strain and is in an area affected by conflict.
Health officials express concern over the Ebola outbreak involving the rare Bundibugyo strain, which lacks a vaccine and is spreading in densely populated, mobile, and conflict-affected regions, particularly in Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), and South Sudan.
A new Ebola outbreak centered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and now spreading to Uganda has rapidly escalated into a global concern, with over 500 suspected cases and 130 deaths. The outbreak is driven by the Bundibugyo strain, which is harder to detect and has no approved treatments or vaccines.
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