In the days leading up to his death, Salomon Nduhi Kambale believed someone had poisoned him. He thought that was the cause of his vomiting blood. The 30-year-old man would not give community health teams his phone number. Once they found out his number, he would hang up on them. Nduhi had been infected with Ebola, a deadly and highly contagious disease. Within days, he was dead. A team of health workers gave Nduhi’s wife and four young children a warning: “If you don’t accept vaccination, you can prepare to die.” Deep distrust has weakened health officials’ efforts to protect people against Ebola in the country of Congo. Political problems and violence have made things worse. Officials had tried to slow the Ebola outbreak by finding and vaccinating those who may have been in contact with infected people.
