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Health workers struggle to contain Ebola in Congo camps as distrust grows
Aid workers say mistrust, attacks on treatment sites and poor sanitation are slowing contact tracing in camps with 30,000 residents.
- Health teams from the Congolese ministry, World Health Organization, and aid agencies were driven from Kpangba camp after residents rejected Ebola diagnoses, halting urgent contact tracing efforts.
- A 60-year-old woman tested positive on May 30 but broke quarantine and vanished, complicating containment; her death alongside another two weeks ago triggered the current crisis in Kpangba.
- Dr. Jean-Claude Lonzama warns the Nizi health zone, housing 81,124 displaced individuals across 22 sites, lacks surveillance capacity and faces heightened transmission risks amid poor sanitation.
- Attacks on health facilities echo the 2018-2020 outbreak, when more than 25 health workers were killed, as locals resist aid believing Ebola is a "hoax" or opposing burial restrictions.
- Trust-Building remains a priority as authorities cannot follow up on contacts; Lonzama told Reuters on Saturday that "no preventive measures have been put in place" across Ituri, South Kivu, and North Kivu.
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The Independent (US)Ebola crisis deepens in Congo as angry locals drive health workers away
Health workers are facing severe resistance from locals amid the Ebola outbreak in Congo
·London, United Kingdom
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Health workers struggle to contain Ebola in Congo camps as distrust grows
After the Kpangba displacement camp became the first in this part of war-torn Congo to record deaths from Ebola two weeks ago, health workers rushed to trace those who had come into contact with the deceased to break chains of transmission.
·New York, United States
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The mistrust shown by certain sectors of the population of the DRC towards health workers has prevented adequate preventive work to prevent the epidemic from spreading to other regions.
Local resistance and attacks are hampering the fight against Ebola in eastern Congo.
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