Congo's Ebola Nightmare: A Cautionary Tale for Global Health Security The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is grappling with its second largest Ebola outbreak on record, with over 3,500 people infected.
The epidemic has spread rapidly, surpassing previous outbreaks in less than three months and killing five times as many people as similar outbreaks had at this stage.
This alarming rate of infection is a stark indictment of the global health infrastructure's inability to deal with basic public health issues. The numbers are daunting: 1,556 deaths, with a case fatality rate of 44.