Esther Lutula stopped going for prenatal checkups shortly after this year’s Ebola outbreak was declared in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Midway into her pregnancy, the 26-year-old feared being put into isolation simply for having a fever, a common misconception.“That’s why I’m waitin

Some pregnant women in eastern Congo are avoiding hospitals over fears of a rapidly growing Ebola outbreak, and more of them are dying around childbirth

Esther Lutula stopped going for prenatal checkups shortly after this year’s Ebola outbreak was declared in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Midway into her pregnancy,…