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Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is mobilizing to help contain an Ebola disease outbreak in Ituri province, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Ebola disease is a highly contagious and deadly viral disease.The outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo virus of Ebola disease, for which there is no vaccine or treatment. In a region where millions of people are displaced from their homes due to violent conflict—and where medical services are already strained to meet the need—this crisis is especially devastating.

We’ve mobilized emergency teams experienced in responding to this outbreak to work alongside hundreds of locally hired staff. In collaboration with the Ministry of Health, we’re establishing an Ebola treatment center in Mongbwalu, Ituri province, where the first patients suspected of having Ebola disease were reported. This includes isolating and caring for suspected patients, strengthening infection prevention and control, deploying specialized medical and logistical staff, and supplying essential equipment needed to safely manage Ebola cases.

We have vast experience responding to viral hemorrhagic fever outbreaks, including two previous outbreaks of Bundibugyo virus in 2007 and 2012.

MSF remains committed to providing lifesaving care for all our patients in over 75 countries around the world. MSF USA takes no government funding and relies on unrestricted funds from private donors like you. This means that when an emergency strikes, we don't have to write grants or face red tape and restrictions before we respond—we can act fast and start saving lives immediately.