Dynamics of conflict during the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 2018-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The 2018-2019 Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri provinces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the largest ever recorded in the DRC. It has been declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The outbreak emerged in a region of chronic conflict and insecurity, and directed attacks against health care workers may have interfered with disease response activities. Our study characterizes and quantifies the broader conflict dynamics over the course of the outbreak by pairing epidemiological and all available spatial conflict data.

Methods

We build a set of conflict variables by mapping the spatial locations of all conflict events and their associated deaths in each of the affected health zones in North Kivu and Ituri,

SUBMITTER: Kraemer MUG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7184697 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature