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Children, disproportionately affected yet left behind in the current Ebola outbreak response
Although they are at a higher risk of death than adults when they contract Ebola disease, children represent a significant proportion of those affected by the epidemic raging in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
What will it take to end this Ebola disease outbreak?
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is currently facing the largest and deadliest Ebola disease outbreak in its history. The outbreak is unfolding in eastern DRC amid a decades-long humanitarian crisis marked by conflict, violence, displacement, food insecurity, and multiple overlapping health emergencies.
MSF staff member tests positive for Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo
A Médecins Sans Frontières staff member working on the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of Congo has contracted the Ebola Bundibugyo virus and is being evacuated to the Netherlands for treatment.
As Ebola spreads across provinces, MSF expands its response with new treatment centres
In northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), MSF is expanding its Ebola response as the outbreak spreads from the remote town of Nia-Nia in Ituri province to Kisangani, the busy capital of neighbouring Tshopo province.
MSF starts an important vaccination study among frontline workers against Ebola disease
MSF and Epicentre are launching BRAVO, a prospective study on the vaccination of frontline workers, which forms part of the response led by the Ministry of Health in the DRC, where the Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease outbreak is ongoing.
DRC: One month on, MSF warns dangerous gaps persist in Ebola disease response
MSF warns that despite the recent scale-up in the response, major gaps in surveillance, diagnosis, contact tracing and community engagement continue to undermine efforts to bring the outbreak under control.
Ebola disease in DRC: MSF scales up response to a rapidly evolving outbreak
In response to the rapid spread of the Ebola outbreak in eastern DRC due to the Bundibugyo virus, MSF teams are working alongside the local Ministry of Health to try to contain the spread of the virus and improve patient care.
The Bundibugyo virus challenge: why is this Ebola disease outbreak different?
On May 15, 2026, the DRC Ministry of Health officially declared an Ebola outbreak in the northeast of the country. According to authorities, more than 500 people were suspected of carrying the disease, which had already caused more than 130 deaths.
Ebola: “The response is not keeping pace with the speed at which the disease is spreading”
As the Director-General of the World Health Organization, Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, visits Bunia, MSF is warning that the current level of support remains insufficient to respond to the Ebola outbreak.