'We do not know what may happen,' one doctor says
There aren't nearly enough supplies for healthcare workers
Health workers inside Mongbwalu, the epicenter of Congo's outbreak, say they are working with little pay or rest.
Congo's Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in Mongbwalu confirmed 452 cases and 82 deaths; health workers lack compensation, sleep, and protective resources. The crisis reveals health infrastructure collapse and pandemic readiness failures, worsened by conflict and community skepticism.
Health workers are handling the disease with minimal resources, because agencies have been scrambling to bring aid into the region.
Active community transmission spikes as the WHO scrambles to fund a US$518 million containment plan.
Surto da rara variante Bundibugyo se espalhou por semanas sem ser detectado no leste do Congo; hospitais enfrentam falta de recursos enquanto tentam conter a transmissão.
MONGBWALU, Congo: Dr. Richard Lokudu, the medical director of Mongbwalu General Referral Hospital, has received barely any compensation for his work on the front line of one of…
The director general of the WHO launched a US$518 million plan to combat the outbreak with ‘sustained financing, and the trust and engagement of communities’.