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Growing mental health toll of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo

A healthcare worker walks inside a treatment center for Ebola patients in Beni, North Kivu province, eastern Congo, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026. (Sebastien Kitsa Musayi/AP)
Sebastien Kitsa Musayi/AP
A healthcare worker walks inside a treatment center for Ebola patients in Beni, North Kivu province, eastern Congo, Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2026. (Sebastien Kitsa Musayi/AP)

Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan talks with Kimberly Breslin, a licensed social worker who works with Doctors Without Borders, about her time in the Democratic Republic of Congo treating Ebola patients. Breslin explains the unique mental health challenges Ebola patients, their families and survivors face.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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