On August 1, 2018, the government of the DRC declared a new outbreak of Ebola in the North Kivu and Ituri provinces in the eastern part of the country.

There have been more than 2,600 Ebola cases confirmed in Ituri and North Kivu provinces in the last year. This has included more than 1,800 deaths. Around 1 of out every 3 cases is a child.

Lack of security in the locations where the virus has spread, which are also some of the country’s most densely populated areas, as well as limited community engagement in the response are main reasons why the epidemic has continued to spread.

Over the past few weeks, the Ebola virus has spread into Uganda which neighbours the DRC.

On 17 July 2019, the international community declared the current Ebola outbreak in DRC a public health emergency of international concern.

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