The deadly haemorrhagic disease broke out in a conflict zone and is barely contained within porous borders. Those fighting it fear what they call a perfect storm of infection.

The Ebola outbreak in the eastern DRC has become the second deadliest the planet has experienced with more than 400 deaths and hundreds more infected.

Desperate to avoid a recurrence of the West Africa  outbreak that killed more than 11 000 people  between 2013 and 2016, health workers are returning to their posts abandoned because of pre-election violence in Benni and Butembo.

Parallel contingency efforts are being  undertaken in Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan and Uganda where some  Congolese fled to escape that violence. 

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