DRC: authorities explain the management of the Ebola epidemic in Ecuador

An ambulance transports Ebola victims to Mbandaka in DRC.

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The authorities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo respond to the ambassadors of the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

After a visit to the province of Equateur, the three diplomats alerted on the management of funds intended for the fight against Ebola.

The Ambassador of Canada, for example, mentioned the recruitment of 4,000 people for an epidemic which is currently limited to just over 120 cases.

Health Minister Eteni Longondo says Congolese authorities are aware of the problem and have already taken action.

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We are monitoring these issues closely because every time there is an epidemic people think it is a way to make money.

So, over the past two months, we have received a list of many people to pay, people who claim to work for the Ebola fight in Mbandaka.

We did not accept this list and we had asked our inspectors to go and clean up the list in Mbandaka.

We are going to significantly reduce this list and work with the management teams of the health zones.

There was indeed an increase in the lists which were made by a few chief medical officers of the zones.

We suspended them.

And we suspended three other health zone administrators.

Then a nurse was also suspended.

They will be brought to justice.

Eteni Longondo, Congolese Minister of Health

Magali Lagrange

Eteni Longondo specifies that he intends to invite the ambassadors this week to discuss the situation, and that he will soon be visiting the province of Equateur.

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