Exhausted health workers in Congo struggle to keep up as Ebola outpaces contact tracing

Gédéon Banga Ngbape and his team of community health workers are laboring tirelessly in eastern Congo to track the country’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak

August 15, 2026Updated: August 15, 2026

By CONSTANT SAME BAGALWA and MARK BANCHEREAU

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