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WHO Chief Visits Ebola Epicenter in DR Congo as Death Toll Rises

WHO Chief Visits Ebola Epicenter in DR Congo as Death Toll Rises

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WHO Director‑General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has visited the Democratic Republic of Congo's worst‑hit Ebola province, urging community solidarity as the outbreak spreads across three eastern provinces and into neighboring Uganda. The region reports more than 1,000 suspected cases and over 200 suspected deaths, prompting Uganda to close its border with Congo. WHO stresses that international assistance and local cooperation are essential to control the highly contagious hemorrhagic fever.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
World Health Organization
1. No cause, no conflict, no grievance is worth condemning innocent people to death from a preventable disease.
2. We can stop this Ebola and anyone who has it can also recover. But the rule … is this thing is everybody's business and every citizen should be involved.
3. If you come to health facilities when you have symptoms, you can get the support and recover, so the key is to come forward as early as possible and to get the necessary support.
4. Of course, we're still working on vaccines and treatments but that doesn't mean that people cannot recover from Ebola.
5. Four people will be discharged today and there was one that was discharged the day before yesterday.
6. Closing borders, as some countries have done, only discourages transparency. The Democratic Republic of Congo is reporting the situation openly and transparently.
7. There is experience in this country and under the government's leadership, and especially with community ownership, we can stop it.
8. We are here to discuss with the community, to see how the response is running and if there are challenges to help.
9. Pushing orders from my comfortable office in Geneva is easy, but I'm asking my colleagues to work with the community and I am asking communities to protect themselves.
10. To come here is to really show to the community that they're not alone.
Pierre Akilimali
National Institute of Public Health
1. With the symptomatic treatment that we are currently providing, we are seeing patients recover.
2. The final message we would like to share with the Ituri community is that there is hope.
Davin Ambitapio
National Institute of Public Health
1. We truly have hope. The virus here is not as complicated as those we have dealt with in the past, and with the support of all our partners, we believe we will be able to bring this outbreak under control as quickly as possible.
Jean Kaseya
Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
1. Africa's response to Ebola must be defined by Africa itself.
Baraka Bulambulu
1. Many people who were in the same situation died.
2. Being able to come out of this alive is an immense source of happiness.

WHO Chief Visits Ebola Epicenter in DR Congo as Death Toll Rises

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