Nurith Aizenman
[Copyright 2024 NPR]
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The national average in the U.S. is 4.43 deaths per 100,000. By contrast, in Canada, the figure is 0.47 per 100,000. In Bangladesh, it's 0.07 deaths per 100,000.
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The head of the World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo an international emergency. It's only the fifth time the WHO has sounded the alarm this way.
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To answer that question, the U.N. has just named a security expert as its "emergency Ebola coordinator." What's his take? -
Efforts to stop the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo face a daunting obstacle: A multitude of local and national players are using the disease as a weapon in their struggle for power.
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Threats to health workers are prompting a radical rethink of the Ebola strategy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. -
Threats and attacks have become a way of life — even for staff at regular hospitals. For the simple act of referring patients to Ebola treatment centers, they have become targets. -
Health care workers in the center of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo say if the government doesn't improve their security in one week, they will walk off the job.
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Dr. Richard Valery Mouzoko Kiboung of Cameroon arrived in the Democratic Republic of the Congo just four weeks ago – and was increasingly worried about his safety. -
A new report offers the first comprehensive assessment of water, sanitation and hygiene in health-care facilities in low- and middle-income countries. -
The most recent weekly tally of cases in Democratic Republic of the Congo is on track to double compared to mid-February.
