The number of confirmed cases of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reached more than 1,000, with limited access to water complicating prevention efforts.
More than 800,000 internally displaced people are thought to live in Ituri province, the epicentre of the third-largest Ebola outbreak in history. Almost half live in places where access to water, sanitation and hygiene is critically limited, according to the Danish Refugee Council. This need has been exacerbated by aid cuts from countries including the US and UK across the last 18 months.
