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WHO chief calls for DRC ceasefire to tackle Ebola outbreak
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Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns of ‘catastrophic collision of disease and conflict’, with suspected cases at 900The head of the World Health Organization has called for an immediate ceasefire in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to help tackle the Ebola outbreak there.Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus posted on social media that the region was in the midst of a “catastrophic collision of disease and conflict with the Ebola outbreak in Ituri province outpacing the response”. Continue reading...
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