Protecting displaced people's trust is essential to controlling Congo's Ebola outbreak

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Flight from Congo's Ebola-hit camp

Thousands fled the Kigonze displacement camp after security forces entered and clashes followed. Health officials said many Ebola contacts had lived there and only a fraction had been traced; a transit centre for suspected cases was also destroyed.

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