Learn about our mission, our charter and principles, and who we are.See what triggers an intervention and how supply and logistics allow our teams to respond quickly. During the first eight months of the epidemic, until March 2019, more than 1,000 cases of Ebola were reported in the region. From the declaration of the Ebola outbreak in DRC on 1 August 2018, Ebola infected more than 3,470 people. As of May 22, more than 1,200 people have died from Ebola.
This medical unit is based in Cape Town, South Africa.Regional logistic centre for the whole East Africa region
May 24, 2019 The latest Ebola epidemic in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is the worst ever documented here and the second-largest Ebola outbreak recorded anywhere. Work will continue to build on the gains made in this response to address other health challenges, including measles and COVID-19.Led by the Government and the Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and supported by the World Health Organization and partnersFor the latest information of the current situation and public health response by the Ministry of Health, WHO, and partners, please refer to the
The world’s second largest Ebola outbreak on record was declared over on 25 June 2020. The confirmed cases in this week were reported from Mandima (56%, n=5) and Mabalako (44%, n=4) Health Zones. The nearly two year long outbreak was particularly challenging because it took place an active conflict zone. It focuses on the following:Two days in North Kivu, the Democratic Republic of the CongoHow local testing sped up response to new Ebola outbreakHow traditional healers became allies in Ebola response
We withdrew from our Ebola treatment centers (ETCs) in the North Kivu cities of Butembo and Katwa—in the epicenter of the outbreak—following separate attacks on the facilities earlier this year. More than 16 000 local frontline responders worked alongside the more than 1500 people deployed by WHO. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) remains an active player in the Ebola response. Here are some of the main needs we see and what we do about them.Discover some of the main crises we work in, the consequences faced by affected people and challenges in delivering care.In more than 70 countries, Médecins Sans Frontières provides medical humanitarian assistance to save lives and ease the suffering of people in crisis situations.Our staff “own” and manage MSF, making sure that we stay true to our mission and principles, through the MSF Associations.We set up the MSF Access Campaign in 1999 to push for access to, and the development of, life-saving and life-prolonging medicines, diagnostic tests and vaccines for people in our programmes and beyond.Read stories from our staff as they carry out their work around the world.Hear directly from the inspirational people we help as they talk about their experiences dealing with often neglected, life-threatening diseases.Based in Paris, CRASH conducts and directs studies and analysis of MSF actions. Hard work to build up preparedness capacities in neighbouring countries also limited the risk of the outbreak expanding.Visit our media centre for more on WHO's response to Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the CongoFinal Statement on the 8th meeting of the International Health Regulations (2005)10th Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared over; vigilance against flare-ups and support for survivors must continueThe public health response pillar (Pillar 1) of the fourth Strategic Response Plan (SRP-4) for the Ebola virus disease outbreak in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri seeks to take into account the new strategy to scale-up the response in order to interrupt the epidemic.