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Congolese doctor, Richard Kojan - an intensive care specialist for the French non-governmental organisation Alima - has designed the Cube – a biosecure emergency treatment unit – after his experiences responding to the Ebola epidemic in west Africa in 2014-15, which killed more than 11,000 people. Cubes have played a part in reduced the mortality rate in the fight against Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the second-largest outbreak in the world. Dr Richard Kojan described the so-called Cube.

(Pic: A health worker reaches into the Dr Kojan-designed Cube isolation tent where Ebola patients can be treated safely. Credit: Jennifer Lazuta/ALIMA)