An Ebola outbreak is stopped in the DRC
49 views · Published 31 July 2018 · 9:03 · Indexed 4 November 2026
Channel: The Newsmakers · 2018 · People & Blogs
Health officials have declared an end to an Ebola outbreak in the DRC. It only took three months, compared to the last outbreak in west Africa that raged on for four years. This time 33 people died, but that's compared to the more than 11,000 that were killed in the previous epidemic. So why the drastic difference? Guest Dr. Ibrahima-Soce Fall - WHO’s Regional Emergiencies Director in Africa