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Ebola Health Emergency - WHO
May 19 , 2026
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- The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC).
- PHEIC (Public Health Emergency of International Concern) is declared under the International Health Regulations (IHR) 2005 for serious disease outbreaks requiring global response.
- Ebola Virus Disease is a severe viral haemorrhagic fever caused by Ebolavirus and was first identified in 1976 near the Ebola River region.
- The current outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo virus species, first identified in Uganda in 2007.
- More than 246 suspected cases and over 80 suspected deaths were reported in Ituri province of Congo, while Uganda reported two cases, including one death in Kampala.
- WHO deployed health experts and released US$500,000 from its emergency contingency fund to support outbreak response measures.
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