While being close to a post-Ebola epidemic period, DRC begins to see signs of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
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Country and Region: Democratic Republic of the Congo
Ebola: World’s second-worst outbreak nears end in DRC
By Karline Kleijer, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) Head of Emergencies Today as the world is focused on the Corona Virus pandemic, the world’s second-worst Ebola outbreak is finally nearing its end. Over the past months the number of Ebola cases finally dwindled. Having lasted over 18 months and resulting in the deaths of over […]
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Reflections after the fire: Ebola in DRC
In the wake of an armed attack on an Ebola treatment centre in Democratic Republic of Congo, aid workers were pushed to radically rethink their approach to the disease, says Trish Newport, emergency coordinator for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF). “We’re being attacked in the Ebola treatment centre!” This is what I heard […]
‘People were dying’: Witnessing first-hand the deadly impact of measles in places with low vaccine coverage
Right now, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is one of the few organizations on the ground responding to the world’s largest currently active outbreak of measles – which has already killed more than 6,000 people in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and continues to ravage different parts of the country. Nearly 75 per cent […]
MSF 10 monumental moments
Here’s a look at just a few of the humanitarian emergencies that Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has responded to over the last 10 years.
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