![]() The current Ebola outbreak was first declared by the DRC Ministry of Health on Aug(see timeline of key events below). government going forward include whether it will change its approach in order to allow government personnel to engage directly in frontline response activities and how it will support the transition from emergency response to longer-term support for improving health care in the affected areas.Ĭurrent Situation When did the outbreak begin, and what countries are affected? A USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team (DART), which includes USAID and CDC staff, has been deployed to the DRC since September 2018. agencies, have provided technical and financial support to international response efforts in the DRC. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), along with several other U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the U.S. is the largest single international donor to the Ebola response effort in the DRC. to restrict its personnel from working in the outbreak zone. has chosen to play a more limited role in this outbreak due partly to concerns about security, which have led the U.S. played a leading role and mobilized an unprecedented amount of funding, and personnel. engagement has been limited compared to the 2014-2015 West Africa outbreak where the U.S. Although the DRC has a history of successfully containing Ebola outbreaks and responders have access to new prevention tools such as an Ebola vaccine, multiple factors have impeded the response in the affected areas this time including violence and insecurity, community mistrust of government and external responders, funding constraints, and a complex political and socioeconomic operating environment.Since July 2019, the outbreak has been considered a “public health emergency of international concern” (PHEIC) by WHO.There are ongoing concerns about cross-border spread outside the DRC. The outbreak has lasted a year and a half already, having been first declared by the DRC Ministry of Health on August 1, 2018. More than 3,300 cases, including more than 2,200 deaths, have been reported to date in the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), making it second only to the 2014-2015 West Africa outbreak that saw nearly 29,000 cases and claimed more than 11,300 lives. ![]()
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