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  1. The #Ebola outbreak in #DRC remains a public health emergency of international concern, following the advice of today’s @[email protected] Emergency Committee meeting. 1/3

  2. Congo’s Ebola outbreak has become the deadliest in the country’s history.

    With 4,945 confirmed cases and 2,325 deaths, the 2026 outbreak has surpassed the devastating 2018–2020 epidemic.

    The Bundibugyo virus behind the outbreak has no approved vaccine or specific treatment, while conflict, delayed detection and untracked transmission continue to make containment extremely difficult.

    thenewsink.com/congo-ebola-out

    #Ebola #DRC #GlobalHealth #PublicHealth #HealthNews #TheNewsInk

  3. Bundibugyo Virus Disease Outbreak in the #DRC, #Uganda & #France - Situation Report 13, Data as of 09 August 2026 (WHO, summary): 4,381 cases & 2,011 deaths in DRC, etidiohnew.blogspot.com/2026/0

  4. Millions of people have been displaced across the DRC and Nigeria. A new high-resolution dataset harmonises fragmented displacement records, helping humanitarian agencies track population movements and target health, food and emergency services more effectively.

    worldpop.org/blog/new-geospati

    #HumanitarianData #DRC #GIS

  5. When WHO Africa director Dr Mohamed Janabi says of the latest Ebola outbreak in the DRC that 'We are chasing the virus, the virus is ahead of us', noting that the outbreak precede its recognition by at least three months, we should be worried about how this might play out....

    The Q, is whether this will now break out of the African continent (which is not to downplay the deaths & damage wrought in the DRC & neighbouring states)?

    #ebola #DRC #health #Africa #politics

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ydx7