Been affected by crime are finding their voice. Hello im christine want to welcome to news africa im glad to today in a year off to a bowl of 1st broke in congo the spread of the disease of his unchecked almost 2000 people have died making this the 2nd worst outbreak on record run by closed its frontier with the democratic republic of congo off to a 3rd case of the deadly virus was to take sides in the border city of gold in north keevil that province has borne the brunt of the outbreak together with neighboring it touring but 15 people also in quarantine in south keevil which was previously unaffected. The 3rd confirmed case is the baby daughter off a minor who traveled from the north of the d. R. Sea to goma this is the 1st instance off direct transmission off people inside the city of more than 2000000 people one year since the government of the democratic republic of the congo declared an outbreak of ebola in north kivu province and yesterday in goma a minor working in the province of a charity became the citys 2nd case of a bowl of surveillance at all points of entry and points of control in the area are being stepped up this latest case in such a dense Population Center underscores the very real risk of a spike in disease transmission perhaps beyond the countrys border in the very urgent need for strength and Global Response and increased donor investment im joined now by dr maximally and gettler and epidemiology just from Doctors Without Borders and the sherry tay hospital here in. Africa so weve heard the u. N. Spokesperson calling for more controls the government briefly shut the border was that the right moves. Thank you christine for having me on this dramatic question and Dramatic Development that we see and those 2 days now actually. The new 30 minutes ago that maybe the glow in the board is not closed but whatever the reality let me say to 2 things him i clearly understand the concerns in london with having this frank demick now in this large urban setting directly on the border between go and run but. And i know this crossing point from his its true its a good thing you know last year with 40000 people crossing the border every day this is a situation that truly but from my experience as an m. S. F. Doctor and in west africa. We know that closing regular. Border post always have the risk of forcing people into nonmoney toilets pathways i see i see and having said that that will have more infections being detected how great is the risk that you know this goes outside of the affected regions because if you can connect to other parts of the continent through from goma. Excellent question i think. This border closed the border situation shows very much how important it is to 1st of all to build up trust with the population to not take steps that make. The population even more boring to make them hide away this is exactly what you bono want the ok to kill and spread in the darkness we have to do this and we have to build up trust has been lost in the last. Epidemic in west africa affected 6 countries 10000 people died whats different this time. This time we have much more support in the area thats true we have a vaccine which is. Which is effective but they see that despite all of this possibilities the epidemic is going on and on and on but new spots. In those 12 months now we see that the population is not having this. We read earlier this year that about a 3rd of the population is not really believing that i have much more important issues apparently for them. And we have to build this trust up so that they present to the health bill is all right that is. That if you demand it just from Doctors Without Borders and the Charity Hospital thank you. The city of goma is a major transport had and health with because they are racing to find the people who had contacts with the latest on the patients but the urban setting density off of population anonymity and high mobility make it fodder to isolate patients and trace contacts compared to rural areas the w. H. O. Say the risk of regional spread is quote very high. My next guest is in the city off. And joins me on the line welcome to the africa asylum what is the situation in goma especially now more than that more cases have been confirmed where we have definitely seen a change in the behavior of the population when their 1st case was confirmed a couple of weeks ago and the u. S. Always declared the emergency you know there was a little change in the behavior of the population people were seeing it as a case that was isolated and not linked to a major a b. They make however in the past couple of days when the 2nd case was confirmed people are more aware of these and more health post who have been starved least in the among during or over the city with the growing water for washing their hands for these infecting also field workers taking the temperature of them over citizens and he has to they say been boats that connects goma and this if you look of across the lake you were stopped at the ports. Because there was a one suspected case of up asian in one of the of the boats so this was the 1st time that the population so like a very evident way you know emergency could have picked their lives here asylum when the 1st case was confirmed Health Officials in goa must say that they were preparing for the event that more cases would be confirmed what have you seen to that effect. Well clearly the health posts have been there multiplying especially in border posts and at the ports of course but basically everywhere in restaurants government Buildings Hotels and on this tree in the middle of the street if we were there also 2 main Ebola Treatment Centers being set up by visited one of the Central Hospital in goma but there is another one being set up on the road that connects to goma and this is your bottom but one of the centers of the epidemic so far selim the border with russia has now been closed give us a sense of how thats going to affect people perhaps how it is already affecting people well there has been an update regarding that the border was closed that this morning however just a couple of hours ago it was where you opened they were has being we have been receiving very contradictory information but we know that there was an official communication in the future notification from that one government to close the border and this was obviously showing that that the congolese government rejected because they always had advised not to close borders and not you know to reduce the. Travel of the travel restrictions. You know to introduce trouble restrictions among the 2 countries have very very busy border posts where thousands of people daily crossed. As peacekeepers as migrants as traders that work in both bull work and live also in both sides of the border so to close the border if you actually happen see the next few days was definitely a pick the economy of the population here in gone. By in the congolese city of goma thank you now to one young man whos doing something for young people personally affected by the crisis in the city of binny in the d. R. Seen joke of ways helping children to escape the trauma off day to day life living with the disease through really abating. Sliding jumping and heres their minds the skaters practice in the streets of sydney twice a week people here have been at the forefront of the fight against. The disease has taken the longest of many of the skaters spam the friends roller blading helps them to escape. More time skating i still know a bowler exists but i can forget it i just focus if i think about the disease it distracts me and i might crash 21 year old. Started the roller blading team he mentors the children hoping to transform their lives with the because youre here when i say i saw the deaths happen a noisy chatter in and everywhere all the young people gone because their parents are dead so i tell myself thats why im fighting so hard now as a team is 42 members strong and joel wants to make a difference in the long term. Blues on fall victim leader who will often cry able to tell you theyre getting rice and flour but will back carry on forever no it will not help and people need to know the suffering these children are going through your son like google is a jewel hopes he steam will soon compete in races and win trophies but for now its just about speed and not a disease. Now south africa is famed for many reasons and its infamous for its Violent Crime above all gun violence but despite being beset with gangs joblessness and the lack of basic services teens in the. Alexandra are determined to stem that violence by hosting the weekly bigger than Life Community radio show. The talk of the day a story of how to see and how you can influence. Jennifer and bailey is not just another radio announcer. She produces and cohosts a radio show on alix if him with teenagers they talk about gun violence and its effects on the lives xander township which borders so that africas richest square mile santa is one of the roughest and most violent suburbs of johannesburg with gun violence and something that people in alexandria and have tend to normalize which is not a good thing so i us talking about gun violence actually helps make people realize and makes them gain conscious that its not ok. For someone to be killed with a gun. According to gun free said africa between 18 and 21 people are killed by firearms every day in the country. Marianne an activist for the organization trains these young journalists she teaches them how to target gun violence through their reporting and down the line change alexandra. Alexander has a history of violence and its you know there are some people call that involved and thats not something one can be proud of i mean why are we being compared to more like. Every week jennifer and your peers take to the streets of alexandria and speak to people affected by crime in the community these interviews are the same 2 of the one Hour Saturday program supported by Childrens Radio Foundation and gun free so that. What only killing our society by keeping quiet about certain issues and us talking about them we influencing other young people that your Voice Matters you know i hate saying that we have seeing those speaking for the voiceless theyre not voiceless they just need a pat form and thats what were doing were giving them a platform we dont have 2 ways the issues he says 2014 over 50 young journalists have been involved in the program called bigger than life as they continue to mobilize for gun free zones in their communities the skills they learned today could see them becoming the next big names in radio or advocacy in the future. And that is it for now from africa as always you can catch all our stories on our website and Facebook Page its been great having you along i. Will go to the bureau. By. Sea. 13 year old. To be curious minds. Do it yourself networkers. So subscribe dont miss out. 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