Fall in official Ebola numbers appears to be good news but it's not that simple

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Congo's official Ebola case count has dropped to 380, a fraction of the initial suspected cases, yet the decline masks a more troubling reality. Health officials face a paradox: lower confirmed numbers could signal improved detection and isolation, or they could reflect a breakdown in surveillance that allows cases to go unreported. Fergus Walsh examines how the gap between confirmed and suspected cases complicates efforts to declare victory against an outbreak that still threatens remote communities and strains a fragile healthcare system.