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Listen to the PSA recorded by Dikembe Mutombo

Dikembe Mutombo, who is Congolese and an internationally famous retired sports star and philanthropist, worked with CDC to film a public service announcement (PSA) for Ebola to help communicate with...

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Learn how CDC responder Amy Schuh supported the Uganda Virus Research...

Amy Schuh, a laboratory scientist at CDC, is no stranger to being deployed, so when the opportunity arose for her to go to Uganda a second time to support the Ebola outbreak, she jumped at the chance...

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Get the latest facts and figures on CDC's response effort

CDC experts are working to support DRC, the World Health Organization (WHO), and neighboring countries by providing technical expertise in outbreak response activities including case investigation,...

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Learn more about what CDC is doing to support the Ebola response

On June 13, 2019, CDC activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) at headquarters to support the inter-agency response to the current Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC and to provide increased...

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Learn how CDC epidemiologist Norbert Soke used creativity to communicate with...

The pot held not coffee, but a cell phone-and speaking into it created an echo chamber that let the team power through a poor connection with colleagues in Goma, near the outbreak's epicenter.

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Learn how CDC health statistician Dana Haberling helped Sierra Leone's...

CDC health statistician Dana Haberling finds ways to sort through numbers like these in search of patterns that other public health responders can use to bring the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic...

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Watching DRC's Border

Stopping the spread of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) means keeping a close eye on the borders.

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Collaborating across Time Zones

Like most people asked to deploy, Dr. Barbara Marston's plate was more than full. However, Marston has great empathy for those responsible for filling key positions in the current Ebola response-she...

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Protecting the Health of Communities

People travel more now than they ever have before, from city to city and across international borders. And making sure travelers from and in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is battling a...

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Fighting Ebola: Every day is a Monday

Since May of this year Saindon has been based in the city of Goma. He is the CDC representative on the U.S. Agency for International Development's (USAID) Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART). As...

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Responding to a case of Ebola in Goma

In fighting an outbreak of Ebola, there are days of slow, steady progress - and then there are days of drama.

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Strength In Numbers

The fight against the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) hinges not only on new treatments and vaccines but also on sharp-eyed healthcare workers in every town who are trained...

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In fighting Ebola, there's no silver bullet

Dr. Mary Choi has been the team lead in Goma, CDC's field headquarters in eastern DRC, and helped develop a mobile app that can help trace contacts of people sick with Ebola by estimating when they...

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Fighting Ebola on familiar ground

In the fight against Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Dana Schneider can rely on some familiar skills.There's her knowledge of French, which she studied since 7th grade. There's her...

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In the shadow of the volcano

In Goma, Ebola isn't the only looming threat.The Nyiragongo volcano towers over the city, which serves as headquarters for the CDC response to the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of...

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Ebola outbreak becomes a "class" act for EIS officers

In the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the "disease detectives" of CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) are proving their worth as they work to stop the second-largest Ebola outbreak in...

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How community feedback shapes the Ebola response

For some people who lost family to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, being able to see their loved ones' remains helps build trust in the healthcare workers trying to stop the...

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Roads to Uganda

Along Uganda's southwestern border, people regularly cross into and out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). They come to sell goods at Ugandan markets, to visit family, to seek health care,...

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Long flights, long days mark vaccine campaign

Since the current outbreak of Ebola emerged in August 2018, nearly 400 CDC volunteers have deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), neighboring countries, and Geneva to help fight the disease.

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It's not over until it's over

If you're trying to keep a disease from spreading between countries, it's hard to find a bigger challenge than Goma's Petite Barrière. Despite the "petite" name, tens of thousands of pedestrians a day...

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