Congo urged to improve “disastrous” healthcare system

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.

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