MSF calls for an urgent scale‑up of the Ebola response in Ituri province as the outbreak spreads rapidly
July 15, 2026BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) – Two months after the Ebola disease outbreak was officially declared in DRC, with nearly 2,000 confirmed cases and more than 700 deaths, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling for an urgent scale-up of the medical response. The epidemic continues to spread at an unprecedented pace and into new...
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DRC: One month on, MSF warns dangerous gaps persist in Ebola disease response
June 15, 2026BUNIA, 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...
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DRC: MSF hands over Ebola activities to local health authorities
November 3, 2025Bulape/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...
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Ebola in DRC’s Kasai Province: 4 Things to Know About the Response
October 15, 2025Since 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...
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DRC Ebola outbreak crisis update: June 2020
June 14, 2020New 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...
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DRC Ebola outbreak: How the Ebola response failed the people of DRC
March 24, 2020Today as the world is focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, the world's second-worst Ebola outbreak, in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is finally nearing its end. Over the past months, the number of Ebola cases has finally dwindled. Having lasted over 18 months and...
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DRC: Ebola response overshadows already fragile health system
October 9, 2019In Mabalako, a rural health zone in the North Kivu province of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the Ebola epidemic has taken its toll on the fragile health system.Many doctors and health workers have been hired by the internationally-funded...
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DRC ebola outbreak: Independent Ebola vaccination committee is needed to overcome lack of WHO transparency
September 23, 2019PARIS/GOMA – More than a year into the ongoing Ebola outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the disease has killed over 2,000 people. The mortality rate in this outbreak is around 67 per cent [1], which is comparable...
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