Ebola, an epidemic of mistrust (Swiss Press Audio 2020, by Cédric Guigon, Joëlle Cachin) - Swiss Press Award
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Cédric Guigon, Joëlle Cachin
Vaccines, medicines and hundreds of millions of dollars. There has never been so much money available to fight Ebola. And the drugs are becoming more and more effective. And yet: the virus persists. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo it is actually spreading, with a death toll of more than 2000. The RTS magazine 15 minutes went to North Kivu for a three-part report from the heart of the epidemic. In this province, rich in natural resources, the population has been suffering from poverty and armed conflict for more than 25 years. Ebola is another scourge. The military conflicts destabilise the area and make access to health care difficult. The teams of the “Riposte”, the official program to fight Ebola, are just as mistrusted as the government in Kinshasa. How can you convince those who refuse to be tested? Those who even doubt the existence of Ebola? And how are those who seemingly miraculously survived the virus reintegrated? What’s more, far more Congolese people die from measles, malaria and armed attacks than from Ebola.
Interview with Cédric Guigon, Joëlle Cachin
