Living in fear, and not being paid: the health workers on the frontline of DRC’s Ebola outbreak

People fighting to contain rapidly growing outbreak in Democratic Republic of the Congo describe the obstacles and dangers they face Every day, Sophie Mwadawa Kabundo goes to her job as a nurse at an Ebola treatment centre in the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, afraid she will contract the virus and pass it to her family and friends.

“More and more confirmed cases are being admitted here … Some of our colleagues have died,” said Kabundo.

“We fear that, despite our vigilance, workplace accidents may occur and put us in ever greater danger … We go to sleep already worrying about the days ahead, as patients continue to pour in.” Continue reading...