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DRC has extensive experience responding to Ebola outbreaks, and outbreak response capacity is significantly stronger
responses in case of an outbreak. Following the Ebola outbreak in the DRC and Uganda
DRC, Uganda or South Sudan ‘not the solution’ A US travel ban for people coming from the [Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://www.theguardian.com/world/congo), Uganda or South Sudan in response to the Ebola outbreak
DRC The Ebola outbreak in the [Democratic Republic of the Congo](https://www.theguardian.com/world/congo) poses a “very high” risk to the country, the World Health Organization said on Friday, revising its threat assessment upwards
responses we would need to protect Americans.” On Sunday, the WHO announced that the Ebola outbreak in the DRC
Ebola response incident manager Satish Pillai in the call. Pillai also said the agency was surging technical and field experts requested by the DRC, beyond the 25 or so staff members in the [CDC DRC
DRC’s longrunning conflicts, including between the Congolese army and the M23. The armed has never had to manage a response to a serious epidemic of a disease like Ebola, which has killed more than
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
DRC said she anticipates the outbreak to last at least another two months. In the US, Dr Satish Pillai, the incident manager for the CDC Ebola response
response priorities, cross-border coordination, surveillance, laboratory support, infection prevention and control, risk communication, safe and dignified burials, and resource mobilization,” it added in its statement. The DRC has seen more than a dozen Ebola
Ebola virus outbreak and some, including Bahrain, have suspended the entry of foreign travellers arriving from South Sudan, the DRC and Uganda, for 30 days due to the outbreak. Rwanda has also closed its borders
Ebola outbreak in DRC draws attention to Trump administration's dismantling of USAID](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/18/nx-s1-5825646/ebola-outbreak-in-drc-draws-attention-to-trump-administrations-dismantling-of-usaid) The U.S. State Department has said it has provided $13 million for the response
response to the ongoing Ebola epidemic.” The team includes field epidemiologists, as well as specialists in data collection, risk communication, and community mobilisation. The DRC has seen an average of one Ebola outbreak
Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have set fire to a treatment facility after being prevented from taking the body of a local man, underscoring deep mistrust and anger around
DRC city of Goma, which is controlled by the Rwanda-backed M23 militia.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3747x3747+937+0/resize/100/quality/85/format/jpeg/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F7d%2F23%2F1fc0eb494899b1b2b7027daaa4b4%2Febola-2276381440.jpg)](https://www.npr.org/2026/05/18/g-s1-122655/ebola-outbreak-democratic-republic-congo-uganda) ### [Global Health](https://www.npr.org/sections/global-health/) ### [This Ebola outbreak raises questions about when it all began — and the U.S. response
DRC has had relatively little global attention compared with this month’s hantavirus outbreak, which affected cruise ship passengers from 23 countries, including wealthy Western nations. “You just need one contact case
outbreak. Satish Pillai, an incident manager for the CDC’s [Ebola](https://www.theguardian.com/world/ebola) response, said he “can’t speak” to the NIH lab when the Guardian asked about it in a press conference
response. Dr Peter Stafford, a surgeon and leader of the Christian missionary group Serge, has said he unknowingly operated on a patient with [Ebola](https://www.theguardian.com/world/ebola) before the outbreak was detected. His wife, Rebekah
outbreak last year killed at least 34 people before it was declared over in December. Ebola has killed about 15,000 people since it was discovered, almost all in Africa. ## What other challenges
DRC, Anne Ancia, told Reuters that in responding to the [Ebola](https://www.theguardian.com/world/ebola) outbreak it had emptied its stocks of protective equipment in the capital, Kinshasa, and was preparing a cargo plane to bring