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Congo urged to improve “disastrous” healthcare system
Under-funding and lack of political will have left Congo's healthcare system in a “disastrous” state, according to a human rights group, which has called on the government to match its public declarations with action.
Congo's hospitals are in a "disastrous" state, according to a new report. (Photo: Laudes Martial Mbon/IRIN)
“Today we appeal for things to change in the healthcare sector because there is a wide gulf between the authorities' speeches and reality,” Cephas Germain Ewangui, head of the Association Panafricaine Thomas Sankara (APTS), said on 10 December, as he released the results of his NGO's study of the country's healthcare facilities.
“We are witnessing a disaster,” he said.
