Funds pour in, but Ebola outbreak still outpaces containment in the DRC
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Despite hundreds of millions in U.S. funding ($512 million for outbreak response and $350 million for humanitarian aid), PPE availability has stabilized and health centers are expanding, yet Ebola deaths in the Democratic Republic of the Congo continue to rise as containment lags and vaccine trials proceed, illustrating a catch‑up effort that has struggled to curb the outbreak.
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