DRC Ebola Frontline: Health Workers Fight On Without Pay Amid Surging Outbreak
TL;DR
In Bunia, Ituri, the Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC is surging (2,500+ cases and 1,000+ deaths by late July), driven by a difficult Bundibugyo strain and delayed detection, while frontline workers cope with PPE shortages, risk of infection, and hostility from distrustful communities; more than 100 health workers have been infected and about 35 have died, with ongoing strikes as salaries remain unpaid since May.
- ‘There’s no salary’: DRC health workers tell of hardship as Ebola spreads Al Jazeera
- By the Numbers: This year’s Ebola outbreak has spread faster than the worst on record ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- ‘We Will All Die From Ebola Here’: Virus Stalks Crowded Camps in Congo The New York Times
- Ebola death toll in DR Congo surpasses 1,000 NPR
- “No One Knows When It Will End”: A Doctor on the Ebola Emergency The New Yorker
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