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"Ebola will be eradicated...it doesn't mean it won't come back"

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the number of cases of Ebola are relentlessly ticking up, with the disease killing more than 1,500 people so far.

Despite lessons having been learnt about the best ways to contain the disease and the development of a vaccine, many people aren't seeking help until it's took late. The country is riven by ethnic violence and many people are wary of the authorities.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebryesus - Chief Executive of the World Health Organisation - has recently got back from a fact-finding visit to the DRC and neighbouring Uganda.

(Photo: The Ebola response in North Kivu Credit: IFRC/Maria Santto )

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