Safe and dignified burial of a deceased from a highly contagious infectious disease ebolavirus: Socio-cultural and anthropological implications in the Eastern DR Congo

• Franck Katembo Sikakulya,
• Michel Kalongo Ilumbulumbu,
• Sonia Fatuma Djuma,
• Gabriel Kambale Bunduki,
• Amos Kaghoma Sivulyamwenge,
• Malcolm K. Jones

Affiliations

Franck Katembo Sikakulya

Faculty of Medicine, Université Catholique du Graben, Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Faculty of Clinical Medicine and Dentistry, Department of Surgery, Kampala International University, Western Campus, Ishaka, Bushenyi, Uganda; Corresponding author at: Faculty of Medicine, Université Catholique du Graben, Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Michel Kalongo Ilumbulumbu

Epidemiological Surveillance, Beni, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Sonia Fatuma Djuma

Faculty of Medicine, Université Catholique du Graben, Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Gabriel Kambale Bunduki

Faculty of Medicine, Université Catholique du Graben, Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, Malawi

Amos Kaghoma Sivulyamwenge

Faculty of Medicine, Université Catholique du Graben, Butembo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Malcolm K. Jones

School of Veterinary Sciences, The University of Queensland, Gatton, Australia