DRC: MSF patients’ and health workers’ testimonies from the Munigi Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) in Goma, North Kivu

June 23, 2026

In Goma, MSF teams provide care for people showing symptoms consistent with Ebola disease or other viral hemorrhagic fevers, as well as individuals identified as contacts of suspected or confirmed cases. The Munigi Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC is dedicated to the isolation and treatment...

DRC: One month on, MSF warns dangerous gaps persist in Ebola disease response

June 15, 2026

BUNIA, Democratic Republic of the Congo, 15 June 2026 — One month after the Ebola disease outbreak was declared in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns that despite the recent scale-up in the response, major gaps in surveillance, diagnosis, contact tracing and community...

DRC | The Bundibugyo virus challenge: why is this Ebola disease outbreak different?

May 21, 2026

On May 15, 2026, the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ministry of Health officially declared an Ebola disease outbreak in the northeast of the country, where Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are operating. Since then, authorities have reported nearly 500 suspected cases and...

DRC: MSF preparing large-scale response to Ebola outbreak in Ituri province

May 18, 2026

16 May 2026 Following the official declaration of an Ebola Virus Disease outbreak by the Ministry of Health in the Democratic Republic of Congo on 15 May, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is preparing to rapidly scale up its medical response in Ituri province, in the country’s northeast. On the...

DRC: MSF hands over Ebola activities to local health authorities

November 3, 2025

Bulape/Kinshasa, 29 October 2025 – After several weeks of collaboration with the Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and local authorities, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams handed over all activities at the Bulape Ebola Treatment Centre (ETC) last...

Ebola in DRC’s Kasai Province: 4 Things to Know About the Response

October 15, 2025

Since the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) epidemic was declared in Bulape (Kasai) on 4 September, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been supporting the Ministry of Health in its response. From the outset, MSF teams have been treating patients and building...

Ebola: Vaccination during epidemic reduces risk of developing disease by 84%

August 22, 2024

Published in the Lancet Infectious Disease, a study has revealed that 10 days after vaccination, the risk of developing Ebola is reduced by 84 per cent in vaccinated people compared to non-vaccinated people. The study analysed data collected during the...

DRC Ebola outbreak: DRC’s thirteenth Ebola outbreak

December 10, 2021

Thirteenth Ebola outbreak declared in DRC Following a series of community deaths in North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the DRC Ministry of Health declared an outbreak of Ebola on 8 October. The outbreak is concentrated in Beni health zone. This...

DRC Ebola outbreak: Improved medical response sees the end of DRC’s eleventh Ebola outbreak

November 19, 2020

The Ebola outbreak in Équateur province, northwestern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has come to an end almost six months after it started thanks to an improved approach to patient care, said Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).The outbreak, the eleventh...

DRC Ebola outbreak: Responding to new Ebola outbreak in Équateur province

September 5, 2020

On 1 June 2020, a new Ebola virus disease (EVD) outbreak was declared in Équateur province, western Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the country’s eleventh recorded epidemic. Declared while DRC was still grappling with the tenth Ebola epidemic in the country’s northeast, and amidst the...

DRC Ebola outbreak crisis update: June 2020

June 14, 2020

New outbreak declared in Equateur province On 1 June 2020, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) declared its eleventh Ebola outbreak since records began, following the revelation of new cases of Ebola in Equateur province, northwestern DRC. Less than two years since the...

DRC: New Ebola cases confirmed in DRC days before expected end of outbreak

April 24, 2020

On 10 April 2020, a new case of Ebola was confirmed in the city of Beni, North-Kivu, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The news came after a long interval without new confirmed cases: 52 days had passed since the notification of the previous...