Aid groups should face tougher action over sex abuse by staff – experts
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation Aid organisations and humanitarian agencies should face tougher action including funding cuts if they do not tackle sexual abuse by staff, aid experts told UK parliamentarians on Tuesday amid a sex-for-jobs scandal during an Ebola crisis in the Congo. There is a “culture of impunity” for abusers and organisations believe they […]
Sex-for-jobs scandal: How aid workers got away with sex abuse in Congo’s Ebola crisis
Following revelations of a sex-for-jobs scandal published last week, NELLIE PEYTON, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, and ROBERT FLUMMERFELT, of The New Humanitarian, take a look at how such exploitation could occur…
Congo ‘jobs-for-sex’ expose prompts calls for greater scrutiny of aid workers
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Vetting aid workers more closely and giving women more power is critical to tackle sex abuse in humanitarian crises as exposed in a joint investigation by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and The New Humanitarian, aid experts said on Wednesday. In the expose, 51 women recounted multiple incidents of abuse by mainly […]
WHO hopes to work with US on Ebola despite Trump criticism
Geneva/Zurich SwitzerlandReuters The World Health Organization hopes to work “side by side” with the United States to contain an outbreak of Ebola in Congo, its chief said on Wednesday, despite their differences over the new coronavirus. President Donald Trump said last month he was ending the US relationship with the WHO over its handling of […]
Essay: Sexual and gender-based violence during COVID-19 – lessons from Ebola
In an article first published on The Conversation, MONICA ADHIAMBO ONYANGO, clinical associate professor in global health at Boston University, look at what the Ebola outbreaks have revealed about sexual and gender-based violence during disease outbreaks…
Using lessons from Ebola, West Africa prepares remote villages for coronavirus
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation West African countries are using community health systems set up after the Ebola outbreak to detect and prevent the spread of coronavirus in remote areas, health experts said on Wednesday. After Ebola swept through the region from 2014 to 2016, countries like Senegal trained community workers to proactively check for symptoms […]
PHOTO SPECIAL: EBOLA SURVIVORS BATTLE GRIEF AND STIGMA IN EASTERN CONGO
ZOHRA BENSEMRA, writing for Reuters, reports from the Democratic Republic of Congo…
Ebola death toll in east Congo outbreak climbs above 2,000
Goma, Democratic Republic of CongoReuters The death toll from Democratic Republic of Congo’s year-long Ebola outbreak has climbed above 2,000, government data showed on Friday, as responders battle to overcome community mistrust and widespread security problems. The government team overseeing the response said the number of confirmed and probable cases had also hit a milestone […]
Ebola spread to new Congo area shows flawed response – aid workers
Dakar, SenegalThomson Reuters Foundation Ebola’s spread to a new part of Democratic Republic of Congo is a disturbing sign that health workers are failing to keep track of high-risk people on the move, aid agencies said on Friday. A woman and her child were confirmed to be the first two Ebola cases in Congo’s South […]
Quick facts: Ebola, a year into Congo epidemic
LondonThomson Reuters Foundation More help is needed to beat Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo, humanitarian and medical groups said on Thursday, as they marked a year since the epidemic was declared. More than 2,500 people have been infected in what is now the world’s second worst outbreak of the disease in history. Congolese people […]