âMy advice is simple: do not waste your energy fighting those who insult you.
Put your energy into building, building yourselves, and building your country, so that insults and the people who make them become insignificant and have no impact on you.
Ignore them, and keep doing what you are supposed to do. That is what matters.â ~ HE @PaulKagame
#UnityClub
Today, we are pleased to share encouraging news regarding our response to the Ebola outbreak in AFC/M23/Twirwaneho-administered areas.
Following weeks of coordinated surveillance, case management, contact tracing, laboratory testing, and community engagement, we are pleased to announce that all identified contacts have successfully completed their follow-up period.
Over the course of the response, more than 400 contacts were monitored with a daily follow-up completion rate exceeding 98 percent. Throughout this intensive surveillance period, no additional Ebola cases were detected among those under follow-up. At this time, there are no confirmed Ebola patients receiving treatment and no contacts currently under active monitoring within our jurisdiction.
This marks the successful containment of the first wave of the outbreak in the areas under our administration.
This achievement would not have been possible without the dedication and sacrifice of our frontline healthcare workers, surveillance teams, laboratory personnel, community health volunteers, local leaders, and all those who worked tirelessly under challenging circumstances to protect our communities.
We also extend our sincere appreciation to our humanitarian and technical partners whose expertise, logistical support, and collaboration were essential to this successful response.
A key lesson from this response has been the importance of people-centered interventions. Through sustained door-to-door community engagement, health education, and close collaboration with local communities, we strengthened public trust, encouraged early reporting of suspected cases, and promoted adherence to public health measures. These efforts were instrumental in successfully containing the outbreak.
Today's announcement should not be interpreted as the end of the Ebola threat.
The Ebola virus remains active in other parts of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where ongoing transmission continues to pose a regional public health risk. As long as transmission persists elsewhere, there remains the possibility of imported cases into our communities through population movement.
For this reason, we will remain vigilant.
#TogetherAgainstEbola
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A second drone strike at the Minembwe hospital.
The destruction of a hospital in Minembwe, killing mothers and babies, is a tragedy that must be unequivocally condemned. Hatred and political grievances can never justify war crimes. No government should turn its weapons against the very population it is meant to protect. Civilians and medical facilities must never be targets. #Minembwe #ProtectCivilians
The DRC government is posing a condition in order to support in the Ebola response in Goma outbreak: AFC must withdraw from Goma before any assistance.
Provided for the Ebola response is deeply concerning. This position appears less humanitarian and more political. One must ask: do they genuinely care about the population of Goma, or are they simply seizing an opportunity to score political points?
There are areas in life that should never be politicized, and public health is one of them. When peopleâs lives are at risk, the priority should be saving lives, containing the outbreak, and protecting the population â not advancing political agendas.
For the past 14 months, the people of Goma have lived without access to banking services, one of the main sources of their hardship, yet Kinshasa has largely turned a blind eye to their suffering. That reality makes this latest stance even more disappointing.
I never imagined our government would sink this low. We must elevate the debate because the world is watching, and our dignity is at stake. Any responsible and mature leadership should focus on one thing above all else: containing this outbreak before it escalates beyond control and becomes a regional or global pandemic.
The good news is that Ebola in Goma remains under control. The AFC leadership is working diligently and responsibly to contain the disease and prevent further spread. This is the kind of focus and commitment the population deserves at this critical moment
From Washington to Nairobi, London to Ottawa, and today in Brussels â the Congolese diaspora continues to rise in one voice against the Congolese government. The movement is growing across continents, demanding justice, accountability, and change for the people of Congo. #Congo #Brussels #DRC