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A health worker is preparing to disinfect the partially destroyed MSF Ebola treatment center in Katwa, North Kivu, DRC, on 25 February 2019. Credit: MSF
By: Mark Leon Goldberg on March 24, 2019
The second-worst epidemic of Ebola l & # 39; history is currently taking place in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since last August, there have been nearly 1,000 confirmed cases and more than 600 deaths.
The DRC is a very large country and these cases are so far confined to the east of the country. It is also the region of the Democratic Republic of Congo that has long been plunged into conflict and insecurity. In recent weeks, Ebola treatment centers have been attacked, forcing medical staff to suspend operations. Meanwhile, new cases of Ebola are confirmed almost daily.
Karin Huster, field coordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières / Doctors Without Borders in the DRC, is currently being discussed. She told me about the city of Goma, the largest city in eastern DRC. We begin the discussion on recent attacks on two Ebola treatment centers run by Médecins sans Frontières, and then discuss further the trajectory of this epidemic and the measures to be taken to stop its spread.
One thing that comes in this conversation is that this epidemic is not under control. Karin Hester explains why the current strategy has not been able to stop the transmission of the Ebola virus and explains how this epidemic can be stopped.
The Ebola outbreak in the DRC has fallen headlines. This episode provides you with an overview of why this outbreak continues to infect.
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