DR Congo Ebola Response at Risk as Frontline Health Workers Threaten Strike Over Unpaid Allowances
Health workers battling the worsening Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have threatened to intensify strike action over months of unpaid salaries and risk allowances, raising fears that the response to one of the country’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreaks could be severely disrupted. The workers, including doctors, nurses, epidemiologists, ambulance drivers and burial…