More DR Congo Women Accuse WHO Aid Workers of Sex Abuse

Dozens more women have come forward to accuse workers from the World Health Organization (WHO) and other aid groups of sexual abuse and exploitation during the 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Testimonies suggest the scale of the scandal is even larger than previously reported.

The 34 new allegations were discovered in late September 2022 as part of follow-up reporting on what assistance had been given to more than 100 victims. The New Humanitarian alerted WHO to the latest accounts in September. In February 2023, the women said they had not yet been contacted by the WHO or by investigators from the independent commission

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Families go to the Ebola Treatment Center in Beni, North Kivu region in January 2019 to visit a family member who is held in quarantine in the centre.

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