WHO chief warns Ebola response must ramp up to stem DRC outbreak
The WHO has warned that the Ebola outbreak in the DRC is the deadliest in history and requires urgent funding to break transmission chains. Over 3,000 people have died, and response efforts are hampered by conflict and poor infrastructure.
Why it matters
The crisis represents a significant public health emergency that threatens regional stability and requires international intervention.
Number of people killed in the Democratic Republic of Congo from disease exceeds 3,000 amid response funding gap.
x whatsapp-stroke copylink google Add Al Jazeera on Google info Workers are seen at a cemetery in Ituri province, eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, as aid agencies intensify efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak [File: Gradel Muyisa Mumbere/Reuters] By Al Jazeera Staff , Reuters and The Associated Press Published On 2 Sep 2026 2 Sep 2026 The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that every transmission chain needs to be identified and broken if the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is to be contained.
Speaking to reporters in Geneva on Wednesday, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that until every chain is broken, the epidemic “will continue to pose a threat to [the] DRC, its neighbours and the region as a whole”.
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