Key Considerations: Burial, Funeral and Mourning Practices in Équateur Province, DRC

Publication language
English
Pages
4pp
Date published
01 Jun 2018
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Disasters, Epidemics & pandemics, Health
Countries
Democratic Republic of the Congo

This brief summarises key socio-cultural considerations concerning events related to death, burial, funerals (rites or ceremonies), and
mourning in the context of the outbreak of Ebola in the DRC, June 2018. Further participatory inquiry should be undertaken, but given
ongoing transmission, conveying key considerations and immediate recommendations for safe and dignified burial practices and
related community engagement have been prioritised.

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