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BENI, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO - A doctor wearing full protective gear speaks to a patient in the Ebola treatment centre in Beni, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
The DRC is currently experiencing the second worst Ebola outbreak in recorded history. (Photo by Sally Hayden/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

DRC Ebola Outbreak

Ebola Continues to Spread, Even as Medicine Advances

Shipments of essential medical aid, including protective equipment, are staged at Direct Relief's warehouse on July 17, 2019, for transport to the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the second largest outbreak of Ebola is ongoing. The shipment is bound for the country's Ministry of Health, to be used in health facilities across the country, bolstering public health response to the outbreak. On Wednesday, the World Health Organization designated the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

DRC Ebola Outbreak

Protective Gear Bound for Frontlines of DRC Ebola Outbreak

Nearly 100 Congolese asylum seekers released from the U.S. southern border arrived in mid-June at Vive Shelter, operated by Jericho Road Health Center in Buffalo, New York. The health center and shelter have been working to meet health needs of new arrivals. Here, shelter residents rest at Vive Shelter on June 17, 2019. (Mark Mulville/Buffalo News)

Jericho Road Community Health Center

When 100 Congolese Asylum Seekers Showed Up, This Shelter Made Room

A rapid response team in the Democratic Republic of Congo conducts exercises to prepare for exposure to Ebola. Cases of the disease, two of which were fatal, were recently discovered in Uganda, and health officials are on high alert to prevent further spread of the disease. More than 1,400 people have died as a result of the outbreak since last year. (Photo by Tania Seburyamo for the World Health Organization)

Ebola

As Ebola Crisis Spreads, Neighboring Countries Prepare to Fight the Disease

Medical aid and protective gear was packaged for transport from Direct Relief's warehouse in August 2018, bound for the Democratic Republic of Congo. Since the country's outbreak of Ebola began last August, Direct Relief has shipped more than $8.5 million in medical aid to health facilities providing health care in the country. (Bryn Blanks/Direct Relief)

Ebola

Ebola Threat Looms Over Democratic Republic of Congo

Staff at Jericho Road's Wellness Clinic fill medical prescriptions in the clinic's on-site pharmacy. Located in Goma, the capital of North Kivu province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Wellness Clinic offers services ranging from primary health care to health education. Direct Relief is supporting the clinic with medications and supplies needed to provide care to vulnerable patients. (Photo courtesy of Jericho Road Community Health Center)

DRC Ebola Outbreak

In Ebola’s Shadow, Caring for Patients in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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