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  "id": 3628802,
  "title": "In DR Congo, healthcare workers on the front lines of Ebola face anger and exhaustion as they remain unpaid",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/27/in-dr-congo-healthcare-workers-on-the-front-lines-of-ebola-face-anger",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-27T00:27:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/le-monde-africa/article/2026/08/27/in-dr-congo-healthcare-workers-on-the-front-lines-of-ebola-face-anger-and-exhaustion-as-they-remain-unpaid_6756889_124.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Since early July, healthcare workers fighting the epidemic have staged sporadic strikes to demand their salaries. The government has acknowledged the embezzlement of funds, which has undermined the response to the Ebola virus disease.",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "AllAfrica Health",
        "title": "Africa: Second Meeting of the Ihr Emergency Committee On the Epidemic of Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo - Temporary Recommendations",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/africa-second-meeting-of-the-ihr-emergency-committee-on-the-epidemic",
        "published": "2026-08-25T06:57:39.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Semafor",
        "title": "Ebola spreading ‘exponentially’ in DR Congo, experts warn",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/ebola-spreading-exponentially-in-dr-congo-experts-warn",
        "published": "2026-08-26T10:36:42.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "SABC News",
        "title": "Ebola outbreak in Uganda over, cases continue to rise in Congo: WHO",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/ebola-outbreak-in-uganda-over-cases-continue-to-rise-in-congo-who",
        "published": "2026-08-26T16:32:16.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}