Ebola -- DR Congo
Highlights
----------
Equateur is different from other parts of the DRC. 40 percent of its population is Twa, an African Pygmy group that lives interdependently with agricultural Bantu-speaking populations, providing them with game [that is, bushmeat. - Rapp.MM] in exchange for farm products. The Twa population is already marginalized and vulnerable, and the research effort will face many issues related to language and culture, beginning with understanding and communicating perceptions of
Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?5849759&promed&0
No comments:
Post a Comment