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FAST FACTS
- On May 15, the DRC declared an outbreak of Ebola virus disease (EVD), later confirmed to be caused by the Bundibugyo strain.
- As of September 8, 6,843 confirmed EVD cases and 3,310 confirmed EVD deaths had been reported in the DRC.
- Uganda, where the last confirmed case was released from treatment on July 16, has officially declared its outbreak to be over. Final numbers in Uganda were 20 confirmed cases and two confirmed deaths.
- In the DRC, the outbreak remains centered in Ituri province, but cases have also been confirmed in Bas-Uélé, Haut-Uélé, North Kivu, South Kivu and Tshopo provinces.
- This outbreak has been classified by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.
- No EVD cases have been confirmed in South Sudan, but risk of an outbreak remains high due to transient populations and porous borders with the DRC.
OUR RESPONSE
- Across the region, our teams are providing case management, infection prevention and control (IPC), screening and triage, risk communication and community engagement (RCCE), training and preparedness planning.
- We are supporting more than 100 facilities in the screening, identification and treatment of EVD.
- Our supported sites in the DRC have so far conducted 626,380 EVD screenings and provided treatment to 1,911 patients, including 521 confirmed cases.
- We have so far trained 2,930 people in the DRC on EVD case management, response and transmission prevention.
In the DRC, International Medical Corps continues to closely coordinate with the Ministry of Health and relevant partners to support case management, screening-and-referral units, facility-based surveillance, MHPSS, IPC, logistics, just-in-time training, continuity of essential health services, and water, sanitation and hygiene services. We also are part of broader efforts to expand contact tracing, which will strengthen mapping, daily monitoring and follow-up activities to better address the risk of undetected transmission across operational areas and beyond.
In Uganda, International Medical Corps is working through a trusted partner to support Ebola preparedness and surveillance results across Bundibugyo, Kampala and Ntoroko districts. We have provided training on community-based disease surveillance to 369 people, and have screened 2,665 people at points of entry and 1,022 at bus stations. Our surveillance systems have supported daily monitoring of 1,399 contacts, received 254 alerts from village health teams, identified 94 alerts that met the Ebola case definition and collected 31 samples. Our RCCE interventions have directly reached 1,858 people, supported 18 community dialogue sessions with 1,368 participants and distributed 11,398 educational materials.
International Medical Corps is continuing to support national EVD preparedness efforts across South Sudan and is actively participating in coordination and technical pillar meetings at both national and county levels. We regularly engage with the National Public Health Institute, the Ministry of Health, county health departments and EVD technical working groups—including key coordination platforms for case management, IPC, surveillance and RCCE—to strengthen coordination, technical capacity and overall readiness for timely detection and response to potential EVD cases.