Rabat, July 18 -- The World Health Organization (WHO) demanded greater international support for the DRC when it declared the region's Ebola epidemic a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) on Wednesday, July 17.

The first confirmed Ebola case in Goma, a city on the Rwandan border and a major transit hub, last week and recent attacks on community health workers within the region pushed the WHO to make its announcement.

Since the epidemic was first declared on August 1, 2018, the WHO committee overseeing the situation has debated providing the PHEIC label three times, but has stopped short.

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