AGP Executive Report
Last update: 12 hours agoEbola Response Intensifies: Seven UK Public Health Rapid Support Team experts have been deployed with WHO and national partners to strengthen infection prevention, epidemiology, and risk communication across Eastern DRC, with extra support in Kinshasa and remote data modelling. Outbreak Worsens in Eastern Provinces: Congo’s health ministry reports 72 new Ebola cases in 24 hours, bringing confirmed totals to 782, as treatment centers strain and contact tracing coverage is reported around 56%. Hidden Spread Concerns: Oxfam warns the “true scale” may be higher due to poor water and sanitation, limited testing, and under-reporting in remote communities. Community Trust Under Pressure: WHO-linked reporting highlights anger that Ebola teams arrive only for Ebola, while communities also face malaria, HIV, cholera, and malnutrition—fueling resistance. Digital ID Push in Kinshasa: Trident Digital Tech Holdings activated RDC-PASS, a national digital identity ecosystem under a 20-year public-private partnership, aiming to modernize public services and enable secure e-government and e-KYC. Geology Data Sovereignty: Congo’s mines ministry discusses digitising and restitution of colonial-era geological records held in Belgium, to speed discovery of minerals tied to new technologies.
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