Nearing the End of the Ebola Epidemic in DR Congo: Lessons Learnt for the Fight against the Coronavirus
Nearing the End of the Ebola Epidemic in DR Congo: Lessons Learnt for the Fight against the Coronavirus

Author(s): Jędrzej Czerep
Subject(s): Governance, Welfare systems, Social development, Health and medicine and law, Family and social welfare
Published by: PISM Polski Instytut Spraw Międzynarodowych
Keywords: COVID-19; Sub-Saharan Africa; Democratic Republic of Congo; Ebola epidemic; coronavirus cases in Africa;
Summary/Abstract: The emergence of the first COVID-19 cases in Sub-Saharan Africa coincided with the discharge of the last patient cured of Ebola haemorrhagic fever in the Democratic Republic of Congo. To overcome the second largest epidemic of this disease in history, it was crucial to change the daily habits of the inhabitants of the affected areas. Experience in the fight against Ebola may affect the WHO's actions on coronavirus, for example, in the field of emergency use of non-approved vaccinations.

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