In the northeastern reaches of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a virus is moving faster than the systems built to stop it. Since May, the Bundibugyo strain of Ebola has claimed 1,707 lives among 3,802 confirmed cases — the largest outbreak in the country's history — and the World Health Organization has issued a stark warning: the response is being outrun. This is the kind of moment that tests not only the capacity of global health institutions, but the depth of the world's collective will to act before catastrophe compounds itself.
WHO urgently seeks more resources as DRC Ebola outbreak outpaces response
3,802 confirmed cases of Ebola with 1,707 deaths and 275 suspected cases under investigation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.