Opinion: The DRC needs an Ebola survivor program to truly quell its outbreak
If the Democratic Republic of the Congo truly wants to break free of Ebola, it should focus on the people who survived its 10th and most recent Ebola outbreak — the second largest the world has ever seen.
And it must act quickly: Although the World Health Organization declared on June 25 that the DRC’s latest Ebola outbreak had ended, the 11th has begun. More than 60 cases have been confirmed in western DRC in recent weeks, which means the disease is not under control.
