AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have a preview view of this article while we are checking your access. When we have confirmed access, the full article content will load.The State Department said it would fund up to 50 clinics in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. “I don’t know the ones they are talking about,” a top Ugandan official said.Listen · 4:46 min Checking a traveler’s temperature at a border crossing between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo in Bundibugyo, Uganda, on Monday.Credit...Badru Katumba/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesMay 21, 2026, 8:14 a.m. ETThe authorities in Uganda said on Thursday that they were not aware of U.S. plans to fund treatment clinics to fight an Ebola outbreak in the region, in a sign of confusion over the global coordination of efforts to stop the virus from spreading.The State Department said on Tuesday that it was funding up to 50 clinics and covering “associated frontline costs” in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, through the United Nations office that coordinates humanitarian affairs, as part of a broader response to the outbreak.The outbreak, which was first identified this month in Congo’s northeastern Ituri Province, has been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization.The State Department did not say exactly where the clinics would be established. It said on Tuesday that they would be “rapidly deployed” and were meant to “strengthen outbreak containment.”But Uganda’s health ministry said on Thursday that it had had no communication with the U.S. government about the treatment centers.“I don’t know the ones they are talking about,” Dr. Diana Atwine, the health ministry’s permanent secretary, said in an interview. “Maybe that is their future plan. Or maybe it’s for Congo, not Uganda. We are not aware.”Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and log into your Times account, or subscribe for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber? Log in.Want all of The Times? Subscribe.AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT