Emmett Livingstone

Congo says health workers are tracing 72% of the contacts of Ebola patients.

But aid workers disagree.

In a Turi province, the epicentre of the outbreak, many people are avoiding hospital and deaths are occurring in communities unrecorded.

Some senior aid workers say that they're only managing to trace about 40% of contacts.

The Tories' health system has been devastated by decades of conflict and neglect.

Convoly's medical staff there say they're also struggling to isolate suspected Ebola patients.

Until recently, patients regardless of ailment were sharing toilet space at a rural hospital.

Fixing these problems involves the slow task of building new infrastructure as Ebola spreads fast.

For NPR News, I'm Emmett Livingstone in Kinshasa.

Congo says health workers are tracing 72% of the contacts of Ebola patients.

But aid workers disagreed.

In a Turi province, the epicentre of the outbreak, many people are avoiding hospital and deaths are occurring in communities unrecorded.

Some senior aid workers say that they're only managing to trace about 40% of contacts.

The Turi's health system has been devastated by decades of conflict and neglect.

Kambali's medical staff there say they're also struggling to isolate suspected Ebola patients.

Until recently, patients regardless of ailment were sharing toilet space at a rural hospital.

Fixing these problems involves the slow task of building new infrastructure as Ebola spreads fast.

For NPR News, I'm Emmett Livingstone in Kinshasa.

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