The Current Ebola Outbreak in the Congo: A Conversation with Joseph Lafave (January 17th)
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Listen Now This past summer the the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) began experiencing its 10th Ebola outbreak. (The virus, with a mean mortality rate of 50 percent, is endemic in that country.) To date, the current outbreak has claimed approximately 400 lives. The World Health Organization (WHO) expects the outbreak to persist for another six months, in part, because current political turmoil in the DRC is effecting the ability of health officials to contain the spread of the disease to neighboring Rwanda, the South Sudan and Uganda. Listeners may recall the last Ebola outbreak in 2014-2016 in West Africa infected over 28,000 and killing over 11,000. While vaccines are in development and currently in use in the Congo there is currently no approved or licensed vaccine.
The Current Ebola Outbreak in the Congo: A Conversation with Joseph Lafave (January 17th)
The Current Ebola Outbreak in the Congo: A…
The Current Ebola Outbreak in the Congo: A Conversation with Joseph Lafave (January 17th)
Listen Now This past summer the the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) began experiencing its 10th Ebola outbreak. (The virus, with a mean mortality rate of 50 percent, is endemic in that country.) To date, the current outbreak has claimed approximately 400 lives. The World Health Organization (WHO) expects the outbreak to persist for another six months, in part, because current political turmoil in the DRC is effecting the ability of health officials to contain the spread of the disease to neighboring Rwanda, the South Sudan and Uganda. Listeners may recall the last Ebola outbreak in 2014-2016 in West Africa infected over 28,000 and killing over 11,000. While vaccines are in development and currently in use in the Congo there is currently no approved or licensed vaccine.