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. 2024 Nov 22:18:e287.
doi: 10.1017/dmp.2024.172.

Ebola Outbreak Control in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Richard Garfield  1 , Peter Fonjungo  1 , Gnakub Soke  1 , Henry Baggett  1 , Joel Montgomery  1 , Richard Luce  1 , John Klena  1 , Placide Mbala-Kingebeni  2 , Steve Ahuka  2 , Dieudonne Mwamba  3 , Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfam  2 , Simon Agolory  1
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Ebola Outbreak Control in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

Richard Garfield et al. Disaster Med Public Health Prep. .

Abstract

Health Security is a major concern for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It is the second largest country in Africa, borders nine other countries, has more than 80 million inhabitants, and has suffered from decades of neglect and conflicts together with multiple recurrent disease outbreaks, including Ebola.

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