North Kivu city at the frontier of Congo’s Ebola response
Kenya has confirmed its first imported case of Bundibugyo Ebola after a Kenyan who fell ill in the Democratic Republic of Congo travelled by road through Uganda and flew to Nairobi on Oct. 3. The patient has tested positive, died on Oct. 5 and authorities have identified and begun monitoring dozens of contacts and flight passengers.
Amref Health Africa has called for stronger domestic financing and primary healthcare, warning that declines in external aid risk weakening health systems. The Berlin World Health Summit is used to push reforms and outline plans for Africa Health Agenda International Conference 2027 in Kigali.
Health workers are facing attacks amid the largest Ebola outbreak in Congo, with dozens of cases and deaths. Attacks in Bafwasende threaten containment as international agencies urge protection and continued response; vaccine trials and quarantines are under way across Africa.