Two months after the Ebola disease outbreak was officially declared in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with nearly 2,000 confirmed cases and more than 700 deaths, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is calling for a critical scale-up of the medical response. The epidemic continues to spread at an unprecedented pace, including into new areas, […]
One month after the Ebola disease outbreak was declared in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns that despite the recent scale-up in the response, major gaps in surveillance, diagnosis, contact tracing and community engagement continue to undermine efforts to bring the outbreak under control. A response that is proportionate […]
As Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), visits the epicentre of the Ebola disease outbreak in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) made the following statement today. Alan Gonzalez, physician and MSF deputy director of operations Two weeks after the declaration of the Ebola […]
In eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, people have been living through insecurity and with an under-resourced health system for years. The Ebola disease outbreak due to the Bundibugyo virus — which does not yet have approved vaccines or specific treatments — is posing a major additional challenge. Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams are […]
Following the official declaration of an Ebola Virus Disease outbreak by the Ministry of Health in the Democratic Republic of Congo on May 15, 2026, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is preparing to rapidly scale up our medical response in Ituri province, in the country’s northeast. On the weekend of May 9 and 10, 2026, MSF received alerts of an increased number of deaths from […]
Hover Button ADD MSF TO GOOGLE Make us a preferred source on google In 2025, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was again faced with a major measles epidemic. More than 82,869 suspected cases and 1,175 deaths were recorded in almost all provinces, according to local health authorities. This outbreak comes at a time when the […]
In 2025, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams continued to respond to some of the world’s most urgent crises. Wars in Gaza and Ukraine dragged on, violence in Sudan escalated, and millions of people were displaced amid growing barriers to migration and shrinking humanitarian support. These overlapping emergencies left countless communities without the assistance they desperately need, while insecurity and funding gaps […]
Allow me to begin with a truth this Council must acknowledge: Despite the appearance of political momentum in recent months and despite the signing of peace agreements, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) teams continue to witness staggering levels of violence, displacement and deprivation in the Kivus and Ituri. Patients treated by MSF describe fleeing bombed villages and extreme brutality. From MSF’s vantage point in hospitals, clinics and displacement […]
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Faced with the critical needs of people who have been displaced by the latest escalation in fighting in Fizi territory, South Kivu, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has launched two joint emergency responses for malaria and cholera. The situation has been made worse by the departure of several organizations after cuts to international humanitarian funding and health services. Between August […]
More than 45,000 South Sudanese refugees have crossed into Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) since April 2025, fleeing escalating violence in their home country. Most are now living in the Adi health zone, in northeastern Ituri. Among them is Sanya Nghota, who escaped with 13 of his family members. “We fled because of the war and killings that took place in our village,” he says. “Everyone fled our […]