Kinshasa, DR Congo, September 5, 2026 — The Democratic Republic of the Congo and its international partners have launched an updated 180-day multisectoral response plan to intensify efforts against the country's rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak, with full implementation expected to require an estimated $1.3 billion in funding.
The six-month plan was launched in Kinshasa with support from the World Health Organization, the United Nations system, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and other partners. It is intended to serve as an operational roadmap for strengthening and coordinating the Ebola response over the coming months.
The latest response strategy comes as the outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, continues to spread across the country. According to the WHO Regional Office for Africa, 6,342 cases and 3,072 deaths had been reported as of September 2.
The outbreak has spread to 60 health zones across six provinces, making it the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak recorded in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to date.
Health authorities remain particularly concerned that many deaths are occurring within communities among people who had not previously been identified as contacts and who did not reach health facilities before dying.
