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Se teme una próxima catástrofe humanitaria en medio de una guerra civil

El Congo bajo riesgo de una epidemia de ébola

“Sin una acción rápida y coordinada a gran escala, una crisis sanitaria podría convertir rápidamente la inseguridad alimentaria y la crisis sanitaria existentes en una emergencia humanitaria incontrolable en el este de la RDC y más allá“ dijo el director del Programa Mundial de Alimentos (PMA) de las Naciones Unidas

Ebola Medical staff wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) carry a patient on a stretcher at the hospital in Rwampara on May 21, 2026. According to the WHO, the latest outbreak in the DRC, the 17th to hit the vast central African country of more than 100 million people, is already suspected of having caused 139 deaths out of nearly 600 probable cases. Many of the cases have been recorded in the epidemic's epicentre in the DRC's northeastern Ituri province, many in hard-to-access areas plagued by the Congolese east's litany of armed groups. (Photo by Seros MUYISA / AFP) SEROS MUYISA. AFP