Congo faces shortage of health workers for Ebola response
Congo's Ebola outbreak, the fastest-growing on record, is straining response capacity as health workers are in short supply and cases surged 73% in North Kivu over three weeks. The outbreak has spread to seven provinces with 7,773 confirmed cases and 3,759 deaths, though cases fell in Ituri and Haut-Uele between Aug. 31 and Sept. 20. WHO officials say each treatment center needs about 300 health professionals, but strikes over unpaid wages, insecurity, displacement and intense population movement hamper staffing and operations, raising the risk the epidemic could grow and possibly exceed past large outbreaks.
Each Ebola treatment center needs about 300 health professionals.
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The outbreak has spread to seven provinces with 7,773 confirmed cases and 3,759 deaths. Health workers are short and some struck over unpaid wages, so new centers cannot always operate fully.
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