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WHO sees progress in Ebola response, but others see a grimmer reality

The WHO says the response to the Ebola outbreak is working. Others are calling for a reset.
Family members gather to watch a victim of the Ebola outbreak buried in Butembo.

Efforts to contain the 10-month-old Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo appear to be bearing fruit, with a decline in cases over the past two weeks and a shrinking of the geographic footprint of the zones of transmission, the World Health Organization said Thursday.

The cautious notes of optimism were in contrast to messages from earlier in the week from other partners in the response, including the Centers for Disease Control and

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