Ebola cases revised down but extent of outbreak still unkown

The Radio National Hour · Jun 3, 2026 · 55m

The director general of the World Health Organisation says controlling the spread of Ebola in central Africa is everybody’s business, but governments are slashing their aid budgets. Medicins Sans Frontier is funded almost entirely by private individuals and philanthropic organizations. The group's Humanitarian Affairs coordinator for the Democratic Republic of Congo, Anastassia Chkolenok, is working to rapidly deploying emergency teams into the epicentre of the outbreak.. For decades, Australia has treated social housing as a safety net — something small, residual, and tightly rationed. But…