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On 16 December 2021, DRC declared the country’s thirteenth recorded outbreak of Ebola over.

The outbreak, which was located in DRC’s northeast, in North Kivu province, was declared on 8 October. This thirteenth outbreak came five months after the end of the twelfth outbreak, also in North Kivu province. It was the country’s fifth outbreak since May 2018.

MSF teams responded to the outbreak in North Kivu.

Read about the tenth outbreak in DRC’s northeast. Read about the eleventh outbreak in Équateur province. Read about the twelfth outbreak in North Kivu province.

 

 
Butembo and its surroundings, the new epicentre of the outbreak
Democratic Republic of Congo

Medical activities suspended after Ebola treatment centre attack

Statement 28 Feb 2019
 
Butembo and its surroundings, the new epicentre of the outbreak
DRC Ebola outbreaks

Second Ebola treatment centre in North Kivu attacked

Statement 28 Feb 2019
 
مركز علاج الإيبولا في كاتوا المحترق
DRC Ebola outbreaks

North Kivu: Ebola centre inoperative after violent attack

Press Release 26 Feb 2019
 
Butembo and its surroundings, the new epicentre of the outbreak
DRC Ebola outbreaks

Potential new Ebola drugs being trialled in MSF treatment centres

Statement 12 Feb 2019
 
Ebola Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
DRC Ebola outbreaks

Ebola patient care increases amid growing tensions in North Kivu

Project Update 18 Jan 2019
 
Ebola outbreak - Butembo
DRC Ebola outbreaks

Ebola in DRC: This has touched my heart forever

msf.org 14 Jan 2019
 
Ebola outbreak - Bunia
DRC Ebola outbreaks

Ebola spreads further into urban communities and isolated areas in North Kivu

Project Update 3 Dec 2018
 
Portrait Alpha Diallo Watsan DRC
DRC Ebola outbreaks

Ebola in DRC: Cutting the chains of transmission

Voices from the Field 19 Nov 2018
 
Ebola response in Mangina
DRC Ebola outbreaks

Ebola in the DRC: between operational trial and error and scientific uncertainty

msf-crash.org 26 Oct 2018
 
Ebola response in Mangina
DRC Ebola outbreaks

“Ebola is about human beings and trust”

Interview 12 Oct 2018
 
Ebola outbreak in Magina
DRC Ebola outbreaks

With a new Ebola outbreak, we knew we had to act fast

Voices from the Field 13 Sep 2018
 
Ebola Treatment Center (ETC) in Mangina
DRC Ebola outbreaks

North Kivu: MSF treats 65 Ebola patients in first month

Project Update 7 Sep 2018