DRC’s Ebola outbreak has the potential to become a global pandemic. How to make sure it doesn’t

Reported by The Conversation Africa · Tue 15:41 · Jia B. Kangbai, Senior lecturer, Njala University

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Given its speed, scale and scope, the Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease that broke out in the Democratic Republic of Congo in mid-2026 could become a global epidemic. I am an infectious disease epidemiologist with experience in managing the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in my country, Sierra Leone…

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