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International aid cuts complicate Congo's Ebola epidemic
Key takeaways
- The scaling back of development aid has contributed to the inability to contain the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- The World Health Organization (WHO) fears that the virus will keep continue to spread in DRC.
- "We are facing an extremely serious and difficult outbreak.
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The scaling back of development aid has contributed to the inability to contain the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. German organizations are calling for a major spending boost to help stop the spread.
https://p.dw.com/p/5EQgj Despite containment measures, Ebola is spreading within the DRCImage: Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/REUTERSAdvertisement The Ebola epidemic continues to grow in the provinces of Ituri and North Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with more than 900 suspected cases and 220 deaths so far.
The World Health Organization (WHO) fears that the virus will keep continue to spread in DRC.
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