The Ebola epidemic continues to grow in the provinces of Ituri and North Kivu in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), with more than 900 suspected cases and 220 deaths so far.
The World Health Organization (WHO) fears that the virus will keep continue to spread in DRC.
"We are facing an extremely serious and difficult outbreak. It will get worse before it gets better," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said earlier this week.
The global health body wants to provide help on the ground as quickly as possible by sending equipment and medical experts.
The WHO's funds, however, are limited, especially since the US withdrew from the body. It was the single largest contributor to the global health organization. This shortfall in funding forced the WHO to reduce and even cut certain programs, including in DRC.
