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Ebola: Steve Ahuka Mundeke assesses response in Beni

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Ebola: Steve Ahuka Mundeke assesses response in Beni

Congolese specialist Steve Ahuka Mundeke travelled to Beni, in North Kivu, to meet health teams and partners mobilised against Ebola. His mission focuses on operational difficulties, care needs and coordinating the response, reports Lepotentiel.

Steve Ahuka Mundeke held talks in Beni with the provincial teams responsible for the Ebola response and partners working in the field. Discussions focused on operational difficulties, priority needs and strengthening patient care, reports Lepotentiel.

The mission is also intended to help mobilise the resources needed to interrupt the virus's chains of transmission. The talks aim to identify ways to improve the intervention of health teams, according to Lepotentiel.

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