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Ebola response teams scrambling to care for patients after attacks set back efforts

Attacks that badly damaged two Ebola treatment centers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have left health officials scrambling to find ways to care for Ebola patients in the…

Attacks that badly damaged two Ebola treatment centers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo this week have left the World Health Organization, the country’s Health Ministry, and some other partners scrambling to find ways to care for Ebola patients in the area where the outbreak continues to rage.

Both Doctors Without Borders and ALIMA, the medical organizations that were running the operations, have withdrawn their personnel because of the danger they faced.

The WHO will remain,

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