Eastern DRC: Critical care in a complex place

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May 22, 202528:48Science & Medicine

In the latest episode of Everyday Emergency, we’re looking at the humanitarian crisis in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, or DRC – a huge country in Central Africa that’s home to around one hundred and eleve...

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