Heartbreaking yet hopeful
The mix of fear and misinformation is just devastating, but seeing survivors push through stigma is incredible. How do we build that trust before it's too late?
Survivors share experiences and lessons from Congo’s 2018 Ebola outbreak
BENI: The memories come flooding back whenever Vianney Kambale Kombi hears the word Ebola. He remembers the pain and fear in his community in the eastern Congo city of Beni during the 2018-2020 Ebola outbreak, history's second-biggest with more than 3,400 reported cases and over 2,200 deaths. It was stopped with the aid of vaccines. Kombi also remembers the broad skepticism over the disease, attacks on health workers and inaction from patients that he blames for the speed in which the disease spread. “We thought it was witchcraft,” said Kombi.