![]() North Kivu is a complex and insecure region of the country, making it more difficult to access populations at risk and track suspected Ebola cases and their contacts. The successful containment of the Equateur Province outbreak was yet another indicator that national and global responses have improved since 2014.Įven so, the new outbreak in North Kivu presents some unique, additional complications that are challenging response efforts. was needed, today’s context is quite different compared to 2014, with an improved international response capacity resulting in quicker action by the World Health Organization, the DRC, and other partners, and new tools available to contain outbreaks. response, suggesting that more engagement from the U.S. While this has led some to raise questions about the U.S. ![]() has played a much less prominent role in responding to these recent DRC outbreaks. staff from multiple departments and agencies, and jump-starting a broader, worldwide effort to strengthen global health security. ended up playing a major, leading role in helping to control the outbreak, providing more financial assistance than any other donor, mobilizing large numbers of U.S. These Ebola outbreaks in DRC are the largest since 2014, when a major Ebola epidemic hit West Africa and highlighted weaknesses in the ability of international institutions and governments to respond to such events. Investigations into the full extent of this new outbreak continue, but as of August 11 there have already been 52 cases and 39 deaths reported, making the North Kivu outbreak of equal or even greater magnitude compared to the prior Equateur Province outbreak. Just days after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the end to an Ebola outbreak in the Equateur Province of DRC, a new, separate outbreak was reported in a different region of that country, centered in the North Kivu Province. government (U.S.) engagement in responses to Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). This Issue Brief describes what has changed in the broader international Ebola response landscape since 2014, and considers the status of U.S. response to the latest Ebola epidemics? brief explores key factors What has changed about the international and U.S. ![]()
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