August 8, 2026 11:13 AM
Ebola outbreak takes heavy toll on women, children in eastern DR Congo: UN
Women and children continue to bear a disproportionate burden of the Ebola outbreak in Ituri province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where nearly one million people have been displaced, the UN said. The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Friday that about 80 per cent of those displaced in Ituri are women and children. According to the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), children account for nearly one-third of all Ebola-related deaths, despit...