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Inside Bunia’s fight to protect families from DRC’s deadliest Ebola outbreak

Health workers in protective gear inside the Ebola treatment centre at Bunia’s referral hospital in Ituri province, eastern DRC, October 2026.
Health workers in protective gear inside the Ebola treatment centre at Bunia’s referral hospital in Ituri province, eastern DRC, October 2026. © Paulina Zidi / RFI

Efforts to contain Ebola are starting to pay off in Bunia, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Ituri province and epicentre of the deadliest outbreak of the disease in the country's history. More than 4,000 people have died in five months, but the response is beginning to show results, as teams work to rebuild confidence in health services, protect women and children and support survivors.

The outbreak, the 17th in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has been classified by the World Health Organization as a public health emergency of international concern.

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