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Head of Africa disease control agency calls for $319 million to battle Ebola outbreak
Democratic Republic of Congo: A health worker monitors the health of a patient at the hospital. Image courtesy of The World Bank / Vincent Tremeau. In May 2026, a new Ebola outbreak was declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and neighboring Uganda. On May 17, the World Health Organization (WHO), Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared that the outbreak constituted a “public health emergency of international concern.” Soon after, Jean Kaseya, Director-Ge
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