DRC Ebola chief insists human stories matter as outbreak death toll passes 2,700
Professor Pierre Akilimali, incident manager for the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ebola response, says statistics fail to capture the personal tragedies behind each case. As of 24 August, the Bundibugyo variant has caused 5,656 confirmed cases and 2,715 deaths. He expects case numbers to rise as community engagement improves, stressing the need for treatment centres to cope with increased demand.
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Original headline: “‘Behind every case, a person’: the man leading DRC’s Ebola fight on the human cost hidden behind the numbers.” Browse more stories.