The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is coordinating with the White House and the World Health Organization to respond to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo after infectious disease experts raised concerns about the U.S. government’s approach to the crisis.
The agency has deployed two epidemiologists and a senior advisor to Congo from the agency’s headquarters in Atlanta and is working to deploy more staff in coordination with the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ministry of Health, a CDC spokesperson said in an email to NOTUS.
They added that the CDC’s office in the country already had a staff of 30, and two employees have been deployed to the outbreak area.