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Butembo and its surroundings, the new epicentre of the outbreak

Haemorrhagic fevers

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Ebola, Lassa and Marburg haemorrhagic fevers are rare but deadly, spreading fear and panic. Caring for infected patients and affected communities is crucial for a response to be effective.

Outbreaks can kill 25 to 90 per cent of those infected. Until recently, there were no tools to prevent or treat Ebola; today a preventive vaccine and curative drugs are available. MSF has responded in almost all reported outbreaks over the past years.

The 2014-2016 Ebola epidemic in West Africa was unprecedented: 67 times the size of the largest previously recorded outbreak, it reached urban areas, and killed more than 11,300 people. Hundreds of health workers died, decimating the already-struggling healthcare systems of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.

Since then, the Democratic Republic of Congo has experienced a succession of outbreaks since March 2018.

Quick facts about Ebola and Marburg

 
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Haemorrhagic fevers

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Project Update 25 Jan 2024
 
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Haemorrhagic fevers

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Project Update 11 Nov 2022
 
Construction of the 2nd ETC in Mubende
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Overcoming obstacles in the fight against Ebola in Uganda

Project Update 25 Oct 2022
 
Ebola outbreak in Uganda
Uganda

Ebola in Uganda: Four things you need to know

Project Update 5 Oct 2022
 
Mubende Ebola Response
Uganda

Responding to the latest Ebola outbreak in Uganda

Statement 26 Sep 2022
 
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DRC Ebola outbreaks

DRC's thirteenth Ebola outbreak

Crisis Update 20 Dec 2021
 
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DRC Ebola outbreaks

DRC's twelfth Ebola outbreak

Crisis Update 7 May 2021
 
Butembo and its surroundings, the new epicentre of the outbreak
DRC Ebola outbreaks

MSF responds in North Kivu to twelfth Ebola outbreak in DRC

Project Update 25 Feb 2021
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