Medecins Sans Frontieres: Amid Ebola outbreak,DR Congo faces other urgent health needs

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Credit – Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres. Since the Ebola disease outbreak was declared in May,2026 media attention and resources have focused largely on the response to this emergency. While this mobilization is essential to contain the outbreak, it must not come at the expense of other health and humanitarian needs that persist in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s North and South Kivu provinces.









DETAILED REPORT – HERE – https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/amid-ebola-outbreak-dr-congo-faces-other-urgent-health-needs

https://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/latest/amid-ebola-outbreak-dr-congo-faces-other-urgent-health-needs

Cholera, measles, malaria, violence linked to the ongoing conflict continue to threaten thousands of people in North and South Kivu. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is responding to the measles and cholera outbreaks affecting the two provinces, and since January 2026, our teams have treated more than 12,050 patients and vaccinated more than 283,150 children against measles.







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