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Mobile gold miners in eastern Congo complicate health workers’ efforts to contain Ebola
Mobile gold miners in eastern Congo complicate efforts by health workers trying to contain Ebola. The mining activity poses challenges to containment efforts, illustrated by the case of eleven-year-old Isaac Batisa searching for gold at a local mining site to provide for his family.
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