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Exclusive: Behind the front lines of the Ebola wars

How the World Health Organization is battling bullets, politics and a deadly virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  1. Amy Maxmen
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A health worker is seen in a hospital where suspected Ebola cases are referred to hospital, Aloya, Democratic Republic of Congo

Health workers in a war-weary region are confronted with Ebola, a deadly virus that has claimed more than 2,000 lives. Credit: John Wessels for Nature

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

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Nature 573, 178-183 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-02673-7

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