The head of the World Health Organization, speaking in Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday, said he believed the Ebola outbreak can be stopped.
"The DRC has faced Ebola before, 16 times, and has ended every outbreak. This is the 17th. That history gives me real confidence," said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
He was speaking during a news conference in the eastern Ituri Province, epicentre of the current outbreak, alongside the country's health minister.
Health teams are racing to contain the emergency that has spread across several provinces in the Congo and into neighbouring Uganda.
During his visit to the country, Tedros has called for more international support for the response, saying the WHO had so far received only a third of its funding requirements.
