Aid cuts are leaving eastern Congo dangerously exposed as a new Ebola outbreak spreads amid conflict and collapsing health defences. By Amy Hall.
International aid cuts are hampering efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, experts warn.
There is no vaccine or specific treatment for the current Bundibugyo species of Ebola which has killed more than 90 people in the DRC and two in Uganda, with hundreds more cases confirmed. The epicentre of the outbreak is the mining area of Mongbwalu, in the eastern province of Ituri.
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