Scientific advances have been made that may improve Ebola care… Our teams have 5 developmental treatments and a new vaccine available to them.
But it doesn’t end there! Responding to an Ebola outbreak is still a huge challenge. To be effective, the Ebola response requires a six-pillar approach, the aim being to detect and contain outbreaks, inform the population and treat patients.

The epicentre of the current epidemic is in Mangina in North Kivu. But, this region of northeast DRC is known for its chronic instability caused by fighting among numerous mobile armed groups. The region is largely unsafe.