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Ebola: Water scarcity hampers control efforts in epicentre
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An Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is being exacerbated by a severe lack of clean water and sanitation. Residents are struggling to maintain hygiene, which is essential for preventing the spread of the virus, due to poverty and contamination from local mining.
A severe shortage of clean water and sanitation facilities is undermining efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in Mongbwalu, a gold-mining town in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ituri province, where residents struggle to maintain basic hygiene while facing the deadly virus.
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