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    The Ebola response effort is struggling. Experts say these steps could help

    The Ebola containment effort is struggling. Experts say there's a way to right the response.
    by Helen Branswell May 22, 2019 5 minutes
    Health workers carry the coffin containing of an Ebola victim in Butembo, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

    With Ebola response teams struggling to contain the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the World Health Organization and its partners can make changes to shore up their effort and try to prevent the crisis from escalating further, according to a handful of experts surveyed by STAT.

    The experts are wary of criticizing WHO officials and others trying desperately to stop the virus from spreading. Violence aimed at Ebola response workers and a refusal to cooperate with control measures in some communities has rendered this outbreak, the second largest on record, unlike anything the world of Ebola responders has seen before. There have been repeated attacked on Ebola treatment centers, and on many days response workers have been unable to move about in outbreak hotspots.

    At the same time, the experts believe global health officials have opportunities to bolster their efforts.

    Here are three.

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