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, Alexandra Mae Jones | CBC News | Posted: October 17, 2026 8:00 AM | Last Updated: 2 hours agoWith more than 9,200 confirmed cases and 4,400 deaths, children are vulnerable 'on so many levels'Image | DR Congo Ebola ChildrenCaption: Congolese medical workers dressed in personal protective equipment carry children tested for Ebola inside a secured Ebola response zone in Bunia, D. R. C., on June 9. An estimated 1,900 children have been separated from their caregivers because of the disease. (Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/Reuters)Outside of a treatment centre for Ebola in a northeastern corner of the Democratic Republic of Congo, as the country battles its worst outbreak on record, Neema Nyaloka bounces a baby on her lap. Nyaloka survived Ebola herself. Now, she works with UNICEF to take care of the droves of children isolating from their parents who are being treated for it. UNICEF is operating 12 other child-care centres next to treatment centres full of Ebola patients. Some kids are waiting for their parents to recover, but others have been left stranded after family members passed away.
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