Canadian Missionary Pilots Fly Aid Into Congo's 17th Bunia Ebola Outbreak
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Updated · CHVN Radio · Jun 5
Canadian Missionary Pilots Fly Aid Into Congo's 17th Bunia Ebola Outbreak
3 articles · Updated · CHVN Radio · Jun 5
Summary
Bunia-based flights are carrying doctors and urgently needed hospital supplies into Ebola hotspots in eastern Congo, where Canadian pilots have been redirected to support the response.
The outbreak is centered in Bunia, and Mission Aviation Fellowship says the strain has a 30% to 50% mortality rate with no available treatment for that variant.
MAF Canada also helped evacuate the wife and children of a U.S. missionary doctor who contracted Ebola while treating patients and was later medevacked to Germany.
The group says it has worked through six Ebola outbreaks in Congo and is coordinating with the World Health Organization and other NGOs as local hospitals run short of supplies.