Despite over a year of containment efforts, the World Health Organisation recently declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The declaration reflects the grim recognition that insecurity is preventing an effective response.
In efforts to contain the outbreak the link between politics and health are being highlighted. But there's a crucial aspect that's rarely mentioned - how gender inequities fuel and exacerbate outbreaks.
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