Dakar — About two-thirds of patients in Congo's latest Ebola outbreak have been women, the World Health Organization said on Thursday, calling for more focus on gender in disease control and prevention.
The outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo is the world's second largest and has infected 663 people so far, killing 407, according to health ministry data.
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