US adds $38m for Ebola
Medical team from the Alliance for International Medical Action (ALIMA), an international NGO dress up in personal protective equipment (PPE) as they set up a treatment centre for the Ebola response, as agencies intensify efforts to contain a new Ebola outbreak caused by the Bundibugyo virus strain, in Rwampara outside Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 29, 2026. PHOTO: AFP
The US said on Friday it would give an additional $38 million in funding for Ebola response efforts, as the U.S. CDC warned that without strong public health interventions, the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo could match or surpass the 2014-2016 West Africa outbreak. The additional funds bring the total committed by the U.S. so far to more than $200 million in direct funding, the State Department said in a statement.
The department, which did not detail how the money would be spent, said it was working closely with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as well as the DRC and Uganda to "mount a rapid and comprehensive response" to the outbreak.
The CDC published on Friday three official scientificreports on the outbreak, in part to marshal resources for the response across the international community, Dr. Satish Pillai, the incident manager for the agency's Ebola response, said in a briefing.