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'We thank India': Africa CDC on emergency Ebola aid as Congo battles Ebola outbreak
The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has welcomed emergency medical assistance provided by India to support efforts against the worsening Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), expressing gratitude for New Delhi’s support during the public health crisis. In a post on X, Africa CDC said the emergency diagnostics, therapeutics and medical supplies donated by India had been delivered through its Eastern Regional Coordinating Centre in...
DRC: How disinformation worsens Ebola epidemic
DRC: How disinformation worsens Ebola epidemic June 5, 2026Three weeks since the current Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo was announced, the facts are: 397 confirmed cases, including 63 confirmed deaths, according to the latest figures reported by the African Union's Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). And yet: "The community does not believe in this disease. Despite the deaths, people don't believe in it," said John Tumujimbe, head of a team for...
Ebola outbreak: India sends 43 tonnes of aid to Africa CDC in second relief tranche
India has dispatched a second tranche of emergency medical assistance weighing 43 tonnes to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) to strengthen Ebola response efforts across the African Union, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said on Monday. The consignment, sent to Kampala, Uganda, follows a request from the African Union Commission and includes protective equipment, diagnostic and monitoring devices, medicines and other critical health supplies. The...
How disinformation in Congo is worsening Ebola epidemic
How disinformation in Congo is worsening Ebola epidemic June 5, 2026Three weeks since the start of the latest Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the facts are: 397 confirmed cases, including 63 confirmed deaths, according to the latest figures reported by the African Union's Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. And yet: "The community does not believe in this disease. Despite the deaths, people don't believe in it," said John Tumujimbe, head of a team for...
Radio station in DR Congo seeks to stop misinformation amid spread of Ebola
The rare Bundibugyo type of Ebola that Congo is battling took locals by surprise after weeks of spreading unnoticed. Hundreds of cases were suspected when Congolese authorities announced the outbreak on May 15, but many dismissed the news as a “Western conspiracy.” At least 63 people have died from 397 confirmed cases, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday.
What we know about latest Ebola outbreak
There have been more than 390 suspected cases and more than 80 reported deaths from the new species of Ebola, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. The infection has already spread from the Democratic Republic of Congo to neighbouring Uganda, while Rwanda and South Sudan are now on "high alert". Health officials are warning that the variant is deadlier than previous outbreaks.
Confirmed Ebola cases pass 550 after US warning spread could match record outbreak
Confirmed Ebola cases pass 550 after US warning spread could match record outbreak Local officials say more than 90 people have died across the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda - Bookmark - CommentsGo to comments The number of confirmed Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has risen to 544, in the wake of the US’s health protection agency warned the outbreak could become the largest on record. The epicentre is in DRC’s Ituri province, where Africa’s top public...
Trump’s Ebola travel bans stir up Covid-era conflict over outbreak response
Donald Trump and the World Health Organization are teed up for another clash over infectious disease travel bans. Trump ignored the WHO’s advice, and its criticism of travel restrictions, when he closed the U.S. border to foreigners who’d recently been in China at the outset of the Covid pandemic, and he’s ignoring the U.N. agency again now, at the outset of what is already one of the worst Ebola outbreaks ever, by barring most travelers from the affected countries. Andrew Nixon, a health...
Confirmed Ebola cases nearly double in days as WHO chief visits DR Congo
Confirmed Ebola cases nearly double in days as WHO chief visits DR Congo WHO’s Tedros calls for a community-led fight as a rare Ebola strain spreads rapidly through conflict-hit eastern DRC. The head of the United Nations health agency is visiting the epicentre of a deadly Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), urging local communities to lead the fight against a disease whose confirmed cases have nearly doubled in two days. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the World...
WHO, Africa CDC unveil $518m Ebola plan as Uganda death toll rises
WHO, Africa CDC unveil $518m Ebola plan as Uganda death toll rises Uganda reported three more cases and one more death from the outbreak, which has spread from neighbouring DRC. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the African Union’s health agency have announced a $518m plan to combat the deadly Ebola outbreak in conflict-ridden Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and neighbouring Uganda. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Friday that the plan, in collaboration with the...