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As Ebola Spreads in Congo, a Radio Station Tries to Stop Health Misinformation
Catholic Relief Services is raising funds for food, water and medical supplies as mistrust, misinformation and attacks on health workers slow containment.
- As of Wednesday, at least 62 people have died from 363 confirmed cases of the Bundibugyo Ebola strain in Congo, where the virus has rapidly spread from three initial health zones to 24.
- Misinformation and community mistrust of response actors hamper containment efforts, with many residents believing Ebola is a "fabricated disease" used by outsiders to profit, according to WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
- Catholic Relief Services, the overseas development arm of the U.S. Catholic Church, mobilized quickly to provide water and medical supplies while urging local dioceses to communicate that the outbreak is real.
- Opposition to plans to quarantine Americans with Ebola exposure in Kenya has intensified, as healthcare officials argue the policy raises "profound clinical, ethical, operational, and legal concerns" that could discourage future response efforts.
- Ongoing armed conflict involving the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group and the Allied Democratic Force further complicates containment, causing massive displacement and creating "really some gaps" in disease surveillance data, aid workers say.
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As Ebola spreads in Congo, a radio station tries to stop health misinformation
A radio show in Congo is trying to battle misinformation around an ongoing Ebola outbreak. Radio Télévision Mont Bleu station in Bunia has launched a program that has become a vital tool to win over residents who are unaware or skeptical about the rare Bundibugyo type of Ebola that has hit Congo.
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Absence of USAID, misinformation are among key challenges as CRS fights Ebola spread
WASHINGTON (OSV News) -- As international health officials warn the Ebola outbreak in central Africa had a "big head start," Catholic Relief Services, the overseas relief and development arm of the Catholic Church in the U.S., is among the groups seeking to stop the spread of the highly fatal disease. The outbreak in Congo, stretching into
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