Medical charity warns funding for DRC Ebola fight not reaching front lines
France, Nov. 12 -- The current outbreak of Ebola was first detected in the Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) conflict-hit Ituri province in mid-May.
It has since killed more than 5,300 people, with more than 11,000 confirmed cases.
Medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) warned on Thursday that the outbreak, the country's worst, "remains out of control".
It also urged more "transparency and accountability" from the Congolese state over a "persistent" gap between resources and action.
"A troubling disconnect between the considerable resources mobilised for the response and what is actually reaching patients, frontline workers, and communities continues," MSF said in a statement. Ambulances without fuel
Despite the hundreds of...
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