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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sebastien Kitsa Musayi

Survivors share experiences and lessons from Congo’s 2018 Ebola outbreak

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

The memories come flooding back whenever Vianney Kambale Kombi hears the word Ebola.

He remembers the pain and fear in his community in the eastern Congo city of Beni during the 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak, history's second-biggest with more than 3,400 reported cases and over 2,200 deaths. It was stopped with the aid of vaccines.

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