Deaths of pregnant women double during fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history in DR Congo

NewsWorldAfricaDeaths of pregnant women double during fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history in DR CongoExclusive: More than 60,000 women still at risk as deadly impact of virus takes toll in epicentre of IturiLiz Cookman Global health correspondent Tuesday 25 August 2026 10:10 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b3038140","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/africa/ebola-death-outbreak-congo-women-pregnant-aid-b3038140.html","title":"Deaths of pregnant women double during DR Congo’s fast-gowing Ebola outbreak"}}CloseRelated: Ebola crisis shows that aid cuts have been counterproductive, UK development minister admitsOn The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"pianoFieldName":"receiveOnTheGround","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGround","regSourceSection":"Africa","regSourceNewsletter":"NSC"}}M...