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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Constant Same Bagalwa

Congo’s Ebola outbreak leaves grieving families struggling with fear and stigma

Congo Ebola Mental Health - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

When a schoolteacher in eastern Congo learned that five of her family members had been diagnosed with Ebola, she was “deeply shaken,” fearing the worst from a disease that carries stigma and is seen by some in her community as evil.

Two of her relatives — her brother and his wife — died of Ebola in July at a treatment center in Ituri province, the epicenter of the deadliest outbreak in Congo's history.

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