WHO chief heads to ‘hardest hit’ Ituri as DRC’s 17th Ebola outbreak spreads

WHO chief heads to ‘hardest hit’ Ituri as DRC’s 17th Ebola outbreak spreads

WHO Director-General Tedros is travelling to Ituri province, epicentre of DRC's 17th Ebola outbreak (Bundibugyo strain), which counts 121 confirmed cases, 17 confirmed deaths, and no approved vaccine or treatment. The US has committed $112m in total aid and Africa CDC targets a Bundibugyo vaccine by end-2026, but the absence of approved countermeasures and regional spread to Uganda signals a prolonged containment window with escalating cross-border public health risk.