Congo Ebola response strained a month after WHO declares international emergency reut.rs/3QxbL4a
This is what emergency response can look like in practice: teams doing whatever they need to do to get help to people who need it.
Fiston Murhabazi and Oxfam’s emergency response team are travelling to Bunia to support efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak.
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🇨🇫 Over 2 million people in the Central African Republic are facing acute hunger, including 262,000 in emergency conditions. While improved harvests have helped prevent worse outcomes, displacement & high food prices continue to drive need ⬇ #RCA
Oxfam& partners are responding to #Ebola outbreak in eastern #DRC with clean water, sanitation services & awareness campaigns.
But humanitarian funding is critically low. Without urgent support, efforts to protect lives could be undermined ➡ oxfam.org/en/ebola-out...
Clean water is one of the first lines of defense against #Ebola. Yet in Ituri, #DRC, only 1 in 5 health facilities has enough clean water, according to our new field data. This raises serious concerns about the response & the true scale of the outbreak ➡ africa.oxfam.org/latest/press...
From Eastern #DRCongo, our health safety and security advisor shares what he witnesses on the ground. Families are facing the combined impacts of the #Ebola outbreak, insecurity & limited access to healthcare. Yet, communities continue to support one another ⬇ @oxfaminternational.bsky.social
Reacting to #G7 on the Bundibugyo #Ebola outbreak, Oxfam warns that prevention is more effective & far less costly than crisis response. New funding is filling gaps left by cuts that weakened health systems, surveillance, outreach & WASH activities ➡ africa.oxfam.org/latest/press...
When her child developed a fever, Mireille feared the worst. She rushed to a health centre in eastern #DRCongo seeking answers as #Ebola continues to spread. One month into the largest Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak, critical gaps in the response remain ➡ africa.oxfam.org/latest/press...
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The strongest response starts with people. In eastern #DRC, where #Ebola is spreading, local leaders, youth & communities are taking the lead to protect one another. Oxfam is working alongside to support prevention, raise awareness & strengthen community-led action ⬇ @oxfaminternational.bsky.social
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Health workers battling an Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo lack the personnel to identify suspected cases, the ambulances to transport them and even the construction materials to build isolation wards, officials and aid workers told Reuters.
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Approximately 2 million people in the Central African Republic—nearly one in three people—face high levels of acute food insecurity, including 262,000 people in Emergency (IPC Phase 4).
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