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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Rachel Hagan

The struggle to contain the Ebola outbreak in DRC: ‘It’s very much not under control’

Health workers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are scrambling to contain a fast-moving Ebola outbreak that aid groups warn is spreading through communities already exhausted by war and facing collapsing healthcare systems as global aid budgets are cut.

The outbreak’s epicentre lies in informal mining communities in Ituri province - areas with high population movement, poor sanitation and limited formal healthcare access.

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