Ebola disease: MSF scales up response to rapidly evolving outbreak

People’s needs far outweigh the available capacity to respond.

Leila Rafei

May 29 2026, 12:28pm

Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are working to contain the spread of the disease and strengthen patient care, alongside the Ministry of Health. Teams are faced with the additional challenges posed by the Bundibugyo virus — the virus that caused this outbreak — for which there is no approved vaccine or specific treatment.

Teams construct a changing area for personal protective equipment (PPE) at Mongbwalu General Referral Hospital. This area will support infection prevention and control procedures for staff working in contact with patients. | DR Congo 2026 © Anna Schönhofer/MSF

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