Social resistance drives persistent transmission of Ebola virus disease in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: A mixed-methods study

Author(s)
Masumbuko Claude, K., Underschultz, J. and Hawkes, M. T.
Pages
18pp
Date published
26 Sep 2019
Publisher
PloS One
Type
Articles
Keywords
Assessment & Analysis, Epidemics & pandemics, Health

The second largest Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic in history is currently raging in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Stubbornly persistent EVD transmission has been associated with social resistance, ranging from passive non-compliance to overt acts of aggression toward EVD reponse teams