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CENCO calls for stronger response to Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

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CENCO calls for stronger response to Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

CENCO, the Episcopal Conference of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is calling for a stronger response to the country’s 17th Ebola outbreak. It cites healthcare workers’ demotivation and misinformation as obstacles to controlling the disease, according to its monitoring of the situation.

The National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO) is calling for a stronger response to Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo), where a new outbreak is spreading. In a statement published on Thursday 3 September, Congolese bishops said they were concerned by the rise in infections and deaths, according to CENCO.

This outbreak, the 17th recorded in DR Congo’s history, was declared on 15 May 2026 after the first cases emerged in Ituri. Official data cited by CENCO showed 53 confirmed cases as of 19 May, before a significant increase over the following three months.

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