Samuel-Roger Kamba
Coverage of Samuel-Roger Kamba in the Nexus archive.
- Congo Ebola response strained a month after WHO declares international emergency
Health workers in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo face severe shortages of personnel, ambulances, and isolation ward materials while battling an Ebola outbreak with over 800 confirmed cases. Challenges include insufficient contact tracing, patients escaping isolation, and inadequate resources, raising fears of surpassing the 2014-16 West Africa epidemic in scale.
- Congolese report constant burials as deaths in new Ebola outbreak reach 80
At least 80 deaths have been reported in Congo's new Ebola outbreak, with health workers racing to contain the disease through screening and contact tracing. The outbreak has been confirmed in three health zones in the Ituri province, including the capital city Bunia. Eight laboratory-confirmed cases have been reported, among them four deaths.