For one thing, some of the burial practices and rituals in the region pose significant risks of communicating Ebola. And, when health workers recommend suspending those practices, those recommendations are not well-received.

The doctors and medical staff are mostly white, while the people they are treating are mostly black. To the ignorant, this would appear like an attempt at a genocide or recolonization.

Is that actually the case on the ground, some type of "the doctors are actually the ones making us sick" scenario?

That's absolutely the case: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/congo-s-ebola-response-th...