Inside Bunia’s fight to protect families from DRC’s deadliest Ebola outbreak

Efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in Bunia, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province, are beginning to show results. According to RFI English, more than 4,000 people have died in five months during what is the deadliest outbreak in the country's history. Response teams are working to support women and children, protect them, and rebuild confidence in health services.

Euronews reports that between 800 and 1,000 patients are currently receiving treatment or are infected at medical facilities in the North Kivu and Ituri regions. Additionally, approximately 200 healthcare workers are known to have become infected through their work.

To combat the virus, healthcare professionals such as Louise Gotze are conducting training sessions for doctors and nurses on how to care for patients safely without becoming infected. Gotze, an intensive care nurse at Charité hospital, has traveled to the region seven times this year to provide instruction. The long-term goal is to create a network of trained professionals across East Africa.

Germany is currently sending teams to several countries, including Uganda, Kenya, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to address the crisis.

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