Healthcare workers in Congo are treating Ebola patients without receiving compensation, highlighting the severe challenges in the ongoing outbreak. The WHO is actively seeking resources to support the affected medical personnel and response efforts.

Dr. Richard Lokudu, the medical director of Mongbwalu General Referral Hospital, has received barely any compensation for his work on the front line of one of Congo’s deadliest Ebola virus outbreaks. Lokudu and several of his colleagues work all day at the hospital treating an influx of patients. Notifications of suspected cases come even late at night. “I have not received my allowance [and] what happened to others could happen to me as well,” Lokudu said. “Despite all the infection prevention....