Healthcare situation in DR Congo improves amidst Ebola crisis
The Ebola virus continues to spread across the DR Congo but local healthcare workers say the situation has improved.

The Ebola virus continues to spread across the DR Congo but local healthcare workers say the situation has improved.









The virus is spreading faster than health workers can track it and international funding has slumped.

Seven patients have left an Ebola treatment centre in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, having recovered.
The number of confirmed cases in the country has increased to 837, including 196 deaths.

A growing sense of mistrust is hampering efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The Red Cross says it is ‘very difficult’ to know the extent at which the epidemic is spreading.
Clashes have broken out between police and mourners during a funeral of a suspected Ebola victim in the DRC.
A US Ebola quarantine centre has sparked protests in Laikipia, Kenya, over land and sovereignty concerns.
US hospitals and agencies have enhanced preparedness for Ebola, but some experts warn of public health system strains.
The Ebola outbreak, caused by the rare Bundibugyo virus strain, has reached 782 confirmed cases.

Confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo have spiked up to 782.