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Congo-Kinshasa: Global Nursing Head Flags Dangers of Misinformation After Killing of Congo Ebola Nurse

AllAfrica30 October 2026, 07:37 UTCDemocratic Republic of the Congo

[allAfrica] Geneva -- The International Council of Nurses (ICN) head has warned of the lethal dangers that misinformation poses to the nursing profession following the killing of a nurse in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), who was responding to an Ebola case.

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