Trócaire chief ‘still haunted’ by Ebola as DR Congo outbreak continues to spread

Trócaire chief ‘still haunted’ by Ebola as DR Congo outbreak continues to spread Congolese medical workers dressed in their personal protective equipment, or PPE, talk to a patient June 9, 2026, at the Centre Medical Evangelique, which is within the secured Ebola response zone. Aid agencies are intensifying efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak, involving the Bundibugyo strain, in Hoho commune of Bunia town in Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province. (OSV News photo/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere, Reuters)

Trócaire CEO Seán Farrell has said he is “still haunted” by what he witnessed during the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, as the organisation responds to a new outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In a post this week, Mr Farrell said Ebola remained “personal” for him after his experience working in Sierra Leone…

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