WHO chief rallies community in Congo's Ebola response, calls for more funding
Tedros urged community participation and more funding as the WHO said the outbreak had reached 1,028 suspected cases and outpaced the response.
- Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called on communities in Congo's Ebola outbreak center to play a key role in fighting the disease and emphasized the importance of increased international funding, noting WHO had received only a third of its needed funds.
- By Friday, Congolese authorities reported 1,028 suspected Ebola cases during this outbreak.
- Medecins Sans Frontieres warned that this Ebola outbreak is spreading faster than any previous one, with many cases shortly after the outbreak was declared.
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The withdrawal of the US from the WHO and the rollback of USAID appear to be the main cause of the new Ebola crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo and its neighbors. On Saturday, the WHO chief visited the eastern Congolese province of Ituri, which is considered the heart of the outbreak. But his organization is also in a major crisis.
WHO chief visits Ebola-ravaged Bunia
BUNIA, Congo -- The head of the World Health Organization on Saturday visited eastern Congo's Bunia, a city at the heart of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola, where the virus is spreading faster than the response despite better-organized health facilities and new aid arrivals.
Ebola cases begin to outpace response in Congo
The head of the World Health Organisation visited eastern Congo’s Bunia, a city at the heart of an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola, where the virus is spreading faster than the response — despite better-organised health facilities and new aid arrivals.WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stressed the importance of building community trust, ensuring safe burials to prevent the spread of the outbreak and urged countries to reconsider t…
WHO director-general visits Congo as Ebola continues rapid spread
World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visited the Democratic Republic of Congo amid a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak that has local health workers worried. Speaking at a press briefing in Bunia on Saturday, Ghebreyesus said that although the outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo virus, which currently has no licensed vaccine or treatment, people should not be "without hope." "Ebola caused by the Bundibugyo virus can…
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