WHO declares rare Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a global health emergency

88 deaths reported with outbreak affecting healthcare workers; significant displacement risk due to ongoing violent conflict in affected regions.

In the shadow of a conflict-torn region where borders blur and people move in search of safety, a rare strain of Ebola known as Bundibugyo has emerged across Congo and Uganda, claiming 88 lives among more than 300 suspected cases. The World Health Organization has declared it a public health emergency of international concern — a formal signal that the world must pay attention to a disease for which no approved vaccine or treatment exists. What began in silence in April, undetected for nearly two weeks while fifty people died, now reaches Kinshasa and Kampala, tracing the invisible lines of hu

WHO declares rare Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in Congo and Uganda a global health emergency

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