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Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Is Killing People Before They Ever Reach a Doctor
WHO and Congolese partners plan 400 more Ebola beds and faster referrals as half of transported deaths are linked to care conditions, officials said.
- Three months into the Ebola outbreak, WHO and Congolese authorities are working to "urgently intensify" the response as high mortality rates persist across the DRC.
- Patients currently travel long distances to Bunia for treatment, often arriving with severely compromised health, as the concentration of services transforms distance into a critical mortality factor.
- The town of Aru offers a "success story" after teams identified 159 contacts and 121 suspected cases, with no new cases recorded for two weeks.
- WHO Regional Director Mohamed Janabi plans to add 400 beds for Ebola patients and 100 for other services after visiting Bunia to improve local care access.
- Engaging community members, such as market vendors, to improve hygiene practices is part of the agency's plan to broaden the response beyond the healthcare system.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola Is Killing People Before They Ever Reach a Doctor
More than 1,900 people have died in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ebola outbreak - and most of them never made it to a treatment centre. Between 60 and 70 per cent of deaths are happening in communities far from care, a gap that is now central to the World Health Organization's response.
·Washington, United States
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The epidemic concentrated in the east of the country is consolidated as the fastest contagion in the history of the nation.
·Caracas, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
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