US Support for Ebola Response is Unclear Amid Opaque Funds Disbursement and Non-Engagement with WHO 15/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan & Felix Sassmannshausen Despite claims by the United States that it has allocated over $270 million to the Ebola Bundibugyo outbreak response, countries and groups dealing with the outbreak are in the dark about where the money is going. Washington’s directive to US health experts not to deal with World Health Organization (WHO) officials is also hampering their […] Continue reading -> Contact Tracing is the Biggest Weakness in Ebola Outbreak 11/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan Only around 12% of the contacts of Ebola patients in Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been reached, posing a “huge risk” for community transmission, Dr Jean Kaseya, Director General of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention told a media briefing on Thursday. Ituri is the epicentre of the current […] Continue reading -> Muyembe: DRC’s Ebola Response Must Be Anchored Locally 09/06/2026 Lebon Kasamira This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian. The response to the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) must be rooted in the country’s local health structures and avoid “asymmetrical” suffering by treating those in state-controlled and rebel-run areas the same, says a leading Congolese virologist. The current epidemic […] Continue reading -> As Ebola Spreads, Global Leaders Decry ‘Panic and Neglect’ Response to Outbreaks 09/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan As the Bundibugyo Virus Disease (BVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda reached 608 confirmed cases and 102 deaths, global health leaders called for “an end to the cycle of panic and neglect” in response to disease outbreaks. Describing the Ebola outbreak as a “preventable disaster”, the leaders have written […] Continue reading -> WHO and Africa CDC Launch Joint Ebola Response Plan Amid Serious Local Challenges 05/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention launched a joint continental preparedness response plan to address the current Ebola outbreak on Friday, based on 11 pillars and a $518 million budget. Earlier this week, the two groups reduced their Ebola case projections substantially after testing the backlog of […] Continue reading -> WHO: Sharp Decline in Number of Suspected Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Cases as Numbers are Refined 03/06/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s estimate of the number of suspected, but as yet unconfirmed, cases of the deadly Ebola Bundibugyo virus has sharply declined from over 1000 a week ago to just 116 today, WHO on Wednesday. That doesn’t mean that the tide has yet turned on the outbreak. But WHO officials sounded notes of […] Continue reading -> Three Ebola Vaccine Candidates Fast-tracked, as Kenya Refuses US Quarantine Facility 01/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan Three investigational vaccine candidates for the Ebola Bundibugyo virus are being “urgently accelerated towards clinical trials”, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced on Monday. There are no licensed vaccines for the Bundibugyo virus, and none are in clinical development. This is the strain of Ebola currently driving the outbreak in the Democratic Republic […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Chief Condemns Ebola Travel Restrictions and Broken Aid Promises 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan International Ebola-related travel restrictions imposed on people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan – which has yet to record a single case – are “unacceptable” will have a detrimental effect on the economies of affected countries, said Dr Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls for ‘Immediate Ceasefire’ to Enable Ebola Response 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director General has called for an immediate ceasefire in the eastern DRC to enable officials to address the outbreak of a particularly deadly strain of Ebola, warning that stopping transmission “depends entirely on humanitarian access”. The DRC’s Ituri province, the heart of the Ebola Bundibugyo virus outbreak, is facing “a […] Continue reading -> Attack on Ebola Hospital in Eastern Congo Echoes Past Violence Against Health Workers 23/05/2026 Stefan Anderson An angry crowd set fire to Ebola isolation tents outside a hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Ituri province on Thursday after the family of a young man who died of the virus was refused permission to take his body to be buried. The attack on Rwampara General Hospital, near the city of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Contact Tracing is the Biggest Weakness in Ebola Outbreak 11/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan Only around 12% of the contacts of Ebola patients in Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have been reached, posing a “huge risk” for community transmission, Dr Jean Kaseya, Director General of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention told a media briefing on Thursday. Ituri is the epicentre of the current […] Continue reading -> Muyembe: DRC’s Ebola Response Must Be Anchored Locally 09/06/2026 Lebon Kasamira This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian. The response to the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) must be rooted in the country’s local health structures and avoid “asymmetrical” suffering by treating those in state-controlled and rebel-run areas the same, says a leading Congolese virologist. The current epidemic […] Continue reading -> As Ebola Spreads, Global Leaders Decry ‘Panic and Neglect’ Response to Outbreaks 09/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan As the Bundibugyo Virus Disease (BVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda reached 608 confirmed cases and 102 deaths, global health leaders called for “an end to the cycle of panic and neglect” in response to disease outbreaks. Describing the Ebola outbreak as a “preventable disaster”, the leaders have written […] Continue reading -> WHO and Africa CDC Launch Joint Ebola Response Plan Amid Serious Local Challenges 05/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention launched a joint continental preparedness response plan to address the current Ebola outbreak on Friday, based on 11 pillars and a $518 million budget. Earlier this week, the two groups reduced their Ebola case projections substantially after testing the backlog of […] Continue reading -> WHO: Sharp Decline in Number of Suspected Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Cases as Numbers are Refined 03/06/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s estimate of the number of suspected, but as yet unconfirmed, cases of the deadly Ebola Bundibugyo virus has sharply declined from over 1000 a week ago to just 116 today, WHO on Wednesday. That doesn’t mean that the tide has yet turned on the outbreak. But WHO officials sounded notes of […] Continue reading -> Three Ebola Vaccine Candidates Fast-tracked, as Kenya Refuses US Quarantine Facility 01/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan Three investigational vaccine candidates for the Ebola Bundibugyo virus are being “urgently accelerated towards clinical trials”, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced on Monday. There are no licensed vaccines for the Bundibugyo virus, and none are in clinical development. This is the strain of Ebola currently driving the outbreak in the Democratic Republic […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Chief Condemns Ebola Travel Restrictions and Broken Aid Promises 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan International Ebola-related travel restrictions imposed on people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan – which has yet to record a single case – are “unacceptable” will have a detrimental effect on the economies of affected countries, said Dr Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls for ‘Immediate Ceasefire’ to Enable Ebola Response 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director General has called for an immediate ceasefire in the eastern DRC to enable officials to address the outbreak of a particularly deadly strain of Ebola, warning that stopping transmission “depends entirely on humanitarian access”. The DRC’s Ituri province, the heart of the Ebola Bundibugyo virus outbreak, is facing “a […] Continue reading -> Attack on Ebola Hospital in Eastern Congo Echoes Past Violence Against Health Workers 23/05/2026 Stefan Anderson An angry crowd set fire to Ebola isolation tents outside a hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Ituri province on Thursday after the family of a young man who died of the virus was refused permission to take his body to be buried. The attack on Rwampara General Hospital, near the city of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Muyembe: DRC’s Ebola Response Must Be Anchored Locally 09/06/2026 Lebon Kasamira This story was originally published by The New Humanitarian. The response to the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) must be rooted in the country’s local health structures and avoid “asymmetrical” suffering by treating those in state-controlled and rebel-run areas the same, says a leading Congolese virologist. The current epidemic […] Continue reading -> As Ebola Spreads, Global Leaders Decry ‘Panic and Neglect’ Response to Outbreaks 09/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan As the Bundibugyo Virus Disease (BVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda reached 608 confirmed cases and 102 deaths, global health leaders called for “an end to the cycle of panic and neglect” in response to disease outbreaks. Describing the Ebola outbreak as a “preventable disaster”, the leaders have written […] Continue reading -> WHO and Africa CDC Launch Joint Ebola Response Plan Amid Serious Local Challenges 05/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention launched a joint continental preparedness response plan to address the current Ebola outbreak on Friday, based on 11 pillars and a $518 million budget. Earlier this week, the two groups reduced their Ebola case projections substantially after testing the backlog of […] Continue reading -> WHO: Sharp Decline in Number of Suspected Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Cases as Numbers are Refined 03/06/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s estimate of the number of suspected, but as yet unconfirmed, cases of the deadly Ebola Bundibugyo virus has sharply declined from over 1000 a week ago to just 116 today, WHO on Wednesday. That doesn’t mean that the tide has yet turned on the outbreak. But WHO officials sounded notes of […] Continue reading -> Three Ebola Vaccine Candidates Fast-tracked, as Kenya Refuses US Quarantine Facility 01/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan Three investigational vaccine candidates for the Ebola Bundibugyo virus are being “urgently accelerated towards clinical trials”, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced on Monday. There are no licensed vaccines for the Bundibugyo virus, and none are in clinical development. This is the strain of Ebola currently driving the outbreak in the Democratic Republic […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Chief Condemns Ebola Travel Restrictions and Broken Aid Promises 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan International Ebola-related travel restrictions imposed on people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan – which has yet to record a single case – are “unacceptable” will have a detrimental effect on the economies of affected countries, said Dr Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls for ‘Immediate Ceasefire’ to Enable Ebola Response 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director General has called for an immediate ceasefire in the eastern DRC to enable officials to address the outbreak of a particularly deadly strain of Ebola, warning that stopping transmission “depends entirely on humanitarian access”. The DRC’s Ituri province, the heart of the Ebola Bundibugyo virus outbreak, is facing “a […] Continue reading -> Attack on Ebola Hospital in Eastern Congo Echoes Past Violence Against Health Workers 23/05/2026 Stefan Anderson An angry crowd set fire to Ebola isolation tents outside a hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Ituri province on Thursday after the family of a young man who died of the virus was refused permission to take his body to be buried. The attack on Rwampara General Hospital, near the city of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
As Ebola Spreads, Global Leaders Decry ‘Panic and Neglect’ Response to Outbreaks 09/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan As the Bundibugyo Virus Disease (BVD) outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda reached 608 confirmed cases and 102 deaths, global health leaders called for “an end to the cycle of panic and neglect” in response to disease outbreaks. Describing the Ebola outbreak as a “preventable disaster”, the leaders have written […] Continue reading -> WHO and Africa CDC Launch Joint Ebola Response Plan Amid Serious Local Challenges 05/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention launched a joint continental preparedness response plan to address the current Ebola outbreak on Friday, based on 11 pillars and a $518 million budget. Earlier this week, the two groups reduced their Ebola case projections substantially after testing the backlog of […] Continue reading -> WHO: Sharp Decline in Number of Suspected Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Cases as Numbers are Refined 03/06/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s estimate of the number of suspected, but as yet unconfirmed, cases of the deadly Ebola Bundibugyo virus has sharply declined from over 1000 a week ago to just 116 today, WHO on Wednesday. That doesn’t mean that the tide has yet turned on the outbreak. But WHO officials sounded notes of […] Continue reading -> Three Ebola Vaccine Candidates Fast-tracked, as Kenya Refuses US Quarantine Facility 01/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan Three investigational vaccine candidates for the Ebola Bundibugyo virus are being “urgently accelerated towards clinical trials”, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced on Monday. There are no licensed vaccines for the Bundibugyo virus, and none are in clinical development. This is the strain of Ebola currently driving the outbreak in the Democratic Republic […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Chief Condemns Ebola Travel Restrictions and Broken Aid Promises 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan International Ebola-related travel restrictions imposed on people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan – which has yet to record a single case – are “unacceptable” will have a detrimental effect on the economies of affected countries, said Dr Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls for ‘Immediate Ceasefire’ to Enable Ebola Response 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director General has called for an immediate ceasefire in the eastern DRC to enable officials to address the outbreak of a particularly deadly strain of Ebola, warning that stopping transmission “depends entirely on humanitarian access”. The DRC’s Ituri province, the heart of the Ebola Bundibugyo virus outbreak, is facing “a […] Continue reading -> Attack on Ebola Hospital in Eastern Congo Echoes Past Violence Against Health Workers 23/05/2026 Stefan Anderson An angry crowd set fire to Ebola isolation tents outside a hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Ituri province on Thursday after the family of a young man who died of the virus was refused permission to take his body to be buried. The attack on Rwampara General Hospital, near the city of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
WHO and Africa CDC Launch Joint Ebola Response Plan Amid Serious Local Challenges 05/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization (WHO) and the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention launched a joint continental preparedness response plan to address the current Ebola outbreak on Friday, based on 11 pillars and a $518 million budget. Earlier this week, the two groups reduced their Ebola case projections substantially after testing the backlog of […] Continue reading -> WHO: Sharp Decline in Number of Suspected Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Cases as Numbers are Refined 03/06/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s estimate of the number of suspected, but as yet unconfirmed, cases of the deadly Ebola Bundibugyo virus has sharply declined from over 1000 a week ago to just 116 today, WHO on Wednesday. That doesn’t mean that the tide has yet turned on the outbreak. But WHO officials sounded notes of […] Continue reading -> Three Ebola Vaccine Candidates Fast-tracked, as Kenya Refuses US Quarantine Facility 01/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan Three investigational vaccine candidates for the Ebola Bundibugyo virus are being “urgently accelerated towards clinical trials”, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced on Monday. There are no licensed vaccines for the Bundibugyo virus, and none are in clinical development. This is the strain of Ebola currently driving the outbreak in the Democratic Republic […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Chief Condemns Ebola Travel Restrictions and Broken Aid Promises 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan International Ebola-related travel restrictions imposed on people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan – which has yet to record a single case – are “unacceptable” will have a detrimental effect on the economies of affected countries, said Dr Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls for ‘Immediate Ceasefire’ to Enable Ebola Response 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director General has called for an immediate ceasefire in the eastern DRC to enable officials to address the outbreak of a particularly deadly strain of Ebola, warning that stopping transmission “depends entirely on humanitarian access”. The DRC’s Ituri province, the heart of the Ebola Bundibugyo virus outbreak, is facing “a […] Continue reading -> Attack on Ebola Hospital in Eastern Congo Echoes Past Violence Against Health Workers 23/05/2026 Stefan Anderson An angry crowd set fire to Ebola isolation tents outside a hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Ituri province on Thursday after the family of a young man who died of the virus was refused permission to take his body to be buried. The attack on Rwampara General Hospital, near the city of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
WHO: Sharp Decline in Number of Suspected Ebola Bundibugyo Virus Cases as Numbers are Refined 03/06/2026 Elaine Ruth Fletcher The World Health Organization’s estimate of the number of suspected, but as yet unconfirmed, cases of the deadly Ebola Bundibugyo virus has sharply declined from over 1000 a week ago to just 116 today, WHO on Wednesday. That doesn’t mean that the tide has yet turned on the outbreak. But WHO officials sounded notes of […] Continue reading -> Three Ebola Vaccine Candidates Fast-tracked, as Kenya Refuses US Quarantine Facility 01/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan Three investigational vaccine candidates for the Ebola Bundibugyo virus are being “urgently accelerated towards clinical trials”, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced on Monday. There are no licensed vaccines for the Bundibugyo virus, and none are in clinical development. This is the strain of Ebola currently driving the outbreak in the Democratic Republic […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Chief Condemns Ebola Travel Restrictions and Broken Aid Promises 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan International Ebola-related travel restrictions imposed on people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan – which has yet to record a single case – are “unacceptable” will have a detrimental effect on the economies of affected countries, said Dr Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls for ‘Immediate Ceasefire’ to Enable Ebola Response 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director General has called for an immediate ceasefire in the eastern DRC to enable officials to address the outbreak of a particularly deadly strain of Ebola, warning that stopping transmission “depends entirely on humanitarian access”. The DRC’s Ituri province, the heart of the Ebola Bundibugyo virus outbreak, is facing “a […] Continue reading -> Attack on Ebola Hospital in Eastern Congo Echoes Past Violence Against Health Workers 23/05/2026 Stefan Anderson An angry crowd set fire to Ebola isolation tents outside a hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Ituri province on Thursday after the family of a young man who died of the virus was refused permission to take his body to be buried. The attack on Rwampara General Hospital, near the city of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Three Ebola Vaccine Candidates Fast-tracked, as Kenya Refuses US Quarantine Facility 01/06/2026 Kerry Cullinan Three investigational vaccine candidates for the Ebola Bundibugyo virus are being “urgently accelerated towards clinical trials”, the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) announced on Monday. There are no licensed vaccines for the Bundibugyo virus, and none are in clinical development. This is the strain of Ebola currently driving the outbreak in the Democratic Republic […] Continue reading -> Africa CDC Chief Condemns Ebola Travel Restrictions and Broken Aid Promises 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan International Ebola-related travel restrictions imposed on people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan – which has yet to record a single case – are “unacceptable” will have a detrimental effect on the economies of affected countries, said Dr Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls for ‘Immediate Ceasefire’ to Enable Ebola Response 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director General has called for an immediate ceasefire in the eastern DRC to enable officials to address the outbreak of a particularly deadly strain of Ebola, warning that stopping transmission “depends entirely on humanitarian access”. The DRC’s Ituri province, the heart of the Ebola Bundibugyo virus outbreak, is facing “a […] Continue reading -> Attack on Ebola Hospital in Eastern Congo Echoes Past Violence Against Health Workers 23/05/2026 Stefan Anderson An angry crowd set fire to Ebola isolation tents outside a hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Ituri province on Thursday after the family of a young man who died of the virus was refused permission to take his body to be buried. The attack on Rwampara General Hospital, near the city of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Africa CDC Chief Condemns Ebola Travel Restrictions and Broken Aid Promises 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan International Ebola-related travel restrictions imposed on people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan – which has yet to record a single case – are “unacceptable” will have a detrimental effect on the economies of affected countries, said Dr Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention […] Continue reading -> WHO Calls for ‘Immediate Ceasefire’ to Enable Ebola Response 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director General has called for an immediate ceasefire in the eastern DRC to enable officials to address the outbreak of a particularly deadly strain of Ebola, warning that stopping transmission “depends entirely on humanitarian access”. The DRC’s Ituri province, the heart of the Ebola Bundibugyo virus outbreak, is facing “a […] Continue reading -> Attack on Ebola Hospital in Eastern Congo Echoes Past Violence Against Health Workers 23/05/2026 Stefan Anderson An angry crowd set fire to Ebola isolation tents outside a hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Ituri province on Thursday after the family of a young man who died of the virus was refused permission to take his body to be buried. The attack on Rwampara General Hospital, near the city of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
WHO Calls for ‘Immediate Ceasefire’ to Enable Ebola Response 28/05/2026 Kerry Cullinan The World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director General has called for an immediate ceasefire in the eastern DRC to enable officials to address the outbreak of a particularly deadly strain of Ebola, warning that stopping transmission “depends entirely on humanitarian access”. The DRC’s Ituri province, the heart of the Ebola Bundibugyo virus outbreak, is facing “a […] Continue reading -> Attack on Ebola Hospital in Eastern Congo Echoes Past Violence Against Health Workers 23/05/2026 Stefan Anderson An angry crowd set fire to Ebola isolation tents outside a hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Ituri province on Thursday after the family of a young man who died of the virus was refused permission to take his body to be buried. The attack on Rwampara General Hospital, near the city of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts
Attack on Ebola Hospital in Eastern Congo Echoes Past Violence Against Health Workers 23/05/2026 Stefan Anderson An angry crowd set fire to Ebola isolation tents outside a hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) Ituri province on Thursday after the family of a young man who died of the virus was refused permission to take his body to be buried. The attack on Rwampara General Hospital, near the city of […] Continue reading -> Posts navigation Older posts