Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus will arrive in Kinshasa before travelling to Ituri province in Congo's northeast, where the first Ebola cases were reported and the virus has been circulating for weeks.

The spread of one of the world's most feared viruses has left responders 'playing catch-up' in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. #EuropeNews

It comes as health facilities in some of the worst-hit regions are attacked amid ongoing violence.

The WHO warns that the Ebola outbreak in DRC is worsening and calls for urgent action from neighbouring countries to contain the deadly virus.

Director general of World Health Organization urges neighbouring countries to take immediate action

GENEVA: The countries neighboring the Democratic Republic of Congo are at high risk from Ebola and should act immediately to counter the virus, the head of the World Health…

WHO reports 220 suspected Ebola deaths in DRC, warns outbreak outpacing response-

WHO says Ebola cases outpacing response capacity in Congo and Uganda

The Director-General of the World Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has raised concerns over the worsening Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)…

GENEVA, May 27 — The World Health Organisation chief warned today that conflict raging in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was dramatically complicating efforts to rein in a...

The WHO chief warned Wednesday that conflict raging in eastern DRC was dramatically complicating efforts to rein in a deadly Ebola outbreak and urged an immediate ceasefire.

The ongoing conflict between armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has made it harder for health workers to contain the worsening Ebola outbreak, World Health…

GENEVA — The raging conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo is hampering efforts to rein in a deadly Ebola outbreak, the head of the World Health...

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday warned that eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo faces a “catastrophic collision of disease and conflict” as a…

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warns of ‘catastrophic collision of disease and conflict’ as suspected cases reach 900

Officials are battling local violence, misinformation, distrust of authority and attacks on health facilities while fighting the Ebola outbreak in Congo.

“Il Paese ha sconfitto la malattia 16 volte. La 17esima non sarà diversa”

The World Health Organization's chief said Thursday he was heading to the Democratic Republic of Congo to support colleagues battling a deadly Ebola outbreak, voicing confidence…

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus fears insecurity in the eastern DRC, which has been plagued for three decades by conflict, is making it extremely difficult to…

Director-general of the WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus wrote in a post on social media that the region is facing a ‘catastrophic collision of disease and conflict’

Autoridades de saúde da nação africana e de países vizinhos correm para tentar conter o mais recente surto da rara cepa Bundibugyo, para a qual não existe vacina nem tratamento