Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

2019 | June 13, 2019 – June 26, 2020

CDC activated its Emergency Operations Center (EOC) to support the Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

CDC assisted the DRC and Ugandan governments, countries bordering the outbreak area, and local and international partners.

CDC subject matter experts worked with the USAID Disaster Assistance Response Team on the ground in the DRC and the American Embassy in Kinshasa to support the Congolese and international response.

masked doctors looking over a small Afrikan boy