Families in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are going hungry as Ebola tightens its grip, and the agencies working to stop the outbreak say they simply do not have enough to meet the need. The United Nations sounded the alarm on Friday, calling for more resources to fight the disease and to feed both patients and the people caring for them.
The pressure is spreading beyond DRC's borders. Kenya has moved to strengthen its own Ebola containment measures as the outbreak grows, a sign that neighboring countries are taking the regional risk seriously and not waiting to be caught off guard.
What happens next depends heavily on whether that funding and support arrives in time. The situation in DRC is still unfolding, and the calls from UN agencies suggest the window for getting ahead of this is narrowing fast.
Originally published by AllAfrica.