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A Year On, More Help Needed to Fight Ebola in DR Congo

One year ago, on August 1, 2018, the Ebola epidemic broke out in the Democratic Republic of Congo. A total of 2,701 people have been infected, of whom 1,813 have died. Almost a third of cases were children.

  • Congo-Kinshasa:   Ten Key Facts On Ebola, a Year Into Epidemic

    Thomson Reuters Foundation, 1 August 2019

    More help is needed to beat Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo, humanitarian and medical groups said on Thursday, as they marked a year since the epidemic was declared. Read more »

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Students put up Information posters about Ebola.

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UNICEF Communications for Development Officers talk to children about the importance of Ebola prevention in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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Sylvie Waridi chats with eight-year-old twin brothers who had just been released from the Ebola treatment centre in Beni (file photo).

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