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Ebola emergency contact numbers in a tent at the Busunga border crossing between Uganda and the DRC. Photograph: Badru Katumba/AFP/Getty Images A second critical factor that hampered the response
DRC faced its 10th Ebola outbreak in the eastern provinces of North Kivu and Ituri, which killed nearly 2,300 people. Lessons from that outbreak highlighted the dangers of delayed responses, insufficient healthcare infrastructure
criticized the Trump administration's earlier decision to withdraw from WHO and make deep cuts in foreign aid — "the exact surveillance system meant to catch these viruses early." ### [Global Health](https://www.npr.org/sections/global-health/) ### [Ebola outbreak
criticizes WHO’s Ebola response as US continues sweeping public health cuts US secretary of state Marco Rubio said on Tuesday that the [World Health Organization](https://www.theguardian.com/world/world-health-organization) (WHO) was “a little late
DRC city of Goma, which is controlled by the Rwanda-backed M23 militia.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/5620x3747+0+0/resize/1100/quality/50/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7d%2F23%2F1fc0eb494899b1b2b7027daaa4b4%2Febola-2276381440.jpg) To keep Ebola from spreading in this current outbreak, a border health officer at the Busunga crossing between Uganda
Ebola outbreak in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is a “public health emergency of international concern”, setting off alarm bells around the world. The WHO’s announcement on Sunday came
critical to prevent the outbreak from escalating further,” she added. ## What is Ebola? Ebola is a severe and often fatal viral disease first identified in 1976 near the Ebola River in what