DO WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANOTHER EBOLA PANDEMIC?


DO WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANOTHER EBOLA PANDEMIC?

The first Ebola outbreak, identified near the Ebola River, occurred in 1976. It is caused by the Bundibugyo strain, a rarer form of the virus. The disease reached its largest scale during the 2013 outbreak, which was officially recognized in 2014 and declared over in 2016. Countries like Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone faced severe public health crises, including high mortality rates, overwhelmed healthcare systems, economic disruption, school closures, and widespread fear among communities during this pandemic. The disease has resurfaced in 2026, raising renewed concerns.
The rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak has become the most urgent global health development. There is currently no approved vaccine or specific treatment, but potential vaccines and therapeutics for both prevention and treatment of Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) are being provided. The outbreak began in eastern areas of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and spread into Uganda. 
On 17 May the World Health Organization declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC). Recent reports indicated more than 900 suspected cases and over 200 deaths. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visited the outbreak zone on 30 May, urging communities to cooperate with safe burial practices and early treatment efforts. 

 

                                                      Deborah.

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