ALIMA & Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum

ALIMA: ALIMA is a medical charity whose tents were set on fire by protesters in Ituri, highlighting the challenges faced by aid workers.

Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum: Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, director of Congo's National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB), detailed the botched testing and shipping of samples that delayed the identification of the correct Ebola strain.

ALIMA: ALIMA set up isolation tents in Democratic Republic of the Congo — Ituri Province, which were later set on fire by an angry crowd, complicating the Ebola response efforts.

Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum: Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum>>>, medical director of the India — National Geophysical Research Institute>>>, confirmed an American doctor was among the confirmed cases in Bunia.

ALIMA: ALIMA's Ebola treatment tents were set on fire during unrest, highlighting the tensions and security challenges faced by aid groups in the affected regions.

Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum: Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum, a Congolese virologist, highlighted that the Bundibugyo strain complicates the response as existing treatments and vaccines are for the Zaire strain.