UK pledges additional £50 million to help contain Ebola outbreak in Congo
The UK government has pledged an additional £50 million to combat the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. This brings the total British contribution to £78 million to support medical supplies, surveillance, and frontline health workers.
Why it matters
As the outbreak is the second-largest on record and involves a strain without an approved vaccine, international financial and logistical support is critical for containment.
FILE PHOTO: UNICEF staff and airport workers receive an aircraft carrying medical supplies as authorities and aid agencies intensified efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak at the Bunia National Airport in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 19, 2026. REUTERS/Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/File Photo Sept 1 (Reuters) - Britain said on Tuesday it would provide more than £50 million ($67.56 million) in new funding to support efforts to contain an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where confirmed cases have surpassed 6,000 in the country's largest-ever epidemic.
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