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Congo-Kinshasa: WHO Is Limiting Doses of Ebola Vaccine - Doctors Without Borders
MSF, 23 September 2019
More than a year into the ongoing Ebola outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the disease has killed over 2,000 people. The mortality rate in this outbreak… Read more »
Doctors Without Borders Calls for Inquiry Into Ebola Vaccinations
The humanitarian medical NGO Médecins Sans Frontières has issued a statement saying that the pace of Ebola vaccination in DR Congo is too slow and that only a fraction of the eligible population is benefiting. MSF says one of the reasons is the "opaque management of the vaccine supplies by the World Health Organization", which imposes strict limits on the number of doses deployed in the field. The WHO is quoted by AFP as denying the charge, saying it is doing "everything possible" to end the epidemic.
MSF medical staff in protective gear on a shift in the high-risk zone to check people with suspected cases of Ebola. Bunia, Ituri province, DRC, June 2019.
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