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How is the latest Ebola outbreak in the DRC different than the others?

A medical worker wears a protective suit as he prepares to administer Ebola patient care.

Reid Wilson, author of “Epidemic” (Brookings Institution Press, 2018), explains why violence, political instability, and distrust in government will make the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo difficult to contain.

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