In brief
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The disease
Ebola is a viral disease transmitted to humans, which is often fatal. It is a notifiable disease.
An acute, contagious, and often fatal disease
Ebola virus disease (formerly known as Ebola hemorrhagic fever) is an acute, severe, and often fatal viral disease in humans. It occurs naturally in the forests of tropical Africa.
First identified in 1976 in Sudan, the Ebola virus belongs to the Filo...
Our Work
Ebola outbreak in Ituri Province, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
On 15 May 2026, the Africa CDC reported an Ebola outbreak in Ituri Province, in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
The National Institute for Biomedical Research in Kinshasa has identif...
Data
An Ebola outbreak is currently underway in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. WHO bulletins on this outbreak are available here.
Ebola virus disease outbreaks are tracked by the WHO.
The 2014–2016 Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa
An Ebola virus disease outbreak occurred in West Afr...
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