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measures during a community outreach event on Ebola Awareness Day in Bunia, Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/8102x5401+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F97%2F06%2F210b6cfa448b829e217b09c7b934%2Fdsc-3616.jpg) Eliezer Kasongo, president of REMEDE Bunia, raises awareness among residents about Ebola prevention
Bunia’s main cross-border gateways for trade and passenger movement, has also introduced restrictions on travel to and from the DRC as part of efforts to prevent the spread of Ebola. The measures
Ebola more than a decade ago after contracting it in Guinea. There was growing panic in Bunia neighborhoods Tuesday. Local authorities urged people to remain calm and adhere to preventive measures
Ebola outbreak, urgent measures are needed to prevent a repeat of past epidemics. Community engagement, awareness campaigns and strengthened healthcare capacity are essential. Failure to act swiftly could result in a large-scale public health
Prevention's (CDC) director Dr Jean Kaseya told BBC World Service's Newsday programme that funerals were a particular concern - as they were during previous outbreaks of Ebola. He said public health information campaigns were
prevention measures. To minimise spread, the health agency said confirmed cases should be immediately isolated and treated until two Bundibugyo virus-specific tests conducted at least 48 hours apart are negative. For countries bordering regions
measures - maybe only when we see more deaths. Today in the city centre I saw only four people wearing masks." Others say daily survival takes priority. "It's too much to ask people struggling
Bunia, the capital of Ituri province, to “strengthen the response to the ongoing Ebola epidemic.” The team includes field epidemiologists, as well as specialists in data collection, risk communication, and community mobilisation
Bunia where her husband had died of the disease. Heather Kerr, the DRC country director at the International Rescue Committee, said the conflict in the region made containing the Ebola outbreak “all the harder”. “Eastern
measure involved some of the passengers aboard the [Dutch cruise ship hit by the hantavirus that claimed three lives](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/15/nx-s1-5819872/hantavirus-quarantine). Federal officials initially said passengers flown from the ship to a federally funded