WHO recruits 5,000 for Ebola response
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is facing its largest Ebola outbreak in history, with the World Health Organization reporting the urgent need for an additional 5,000 healthcare workers to combat the epidemic, which has claimed the lives of over 3,175 people out of more than 6,600 confirmed cases since last May. The virus is spreading across six provinces in the eastern and northeastern parts of the country. There is an estimated need for an additional 3,000 hospital beds in treatment centers, along with training around 9,000 healthcare workers to help control the outbreak, especially since the introduced strain currently has no available vaccines or effective treatment. The fragile health situation is further threatened by ongoing armed conflicts and the deteriorating infrastructure, which hampers the provision of essential health services.
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