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STORY: WHO / DRC EBOLA UPDATE
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15 OCTOBER 2025, EBOLA TREATMENT CENTRE, BULAPE, KASAI PROVINCE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (DRC)
1.Various drone shots, Ebola treatment centre
2.Tracking shot, through the Ebola treatment centre tents
10 OCTOBER 2025, EBOLA TREATMENT CENTRE, BULAPE, KASAI PROVINCE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (DRC)
3. Med shot, WHO signage
4.Med shot, medical equipment hanging from the side wall of an isolation room
5.Med shot, WHO team member standing next to health workers
6.Med shot, a health worker talking to a patient sitting in an isolation room
7.Med shot, a health worker removing personal protective equipment (PPE)
8. Med shot, four health workers in PPE walking across screen
9. Med shot, health workers in PPE with a patient in an isolation room
16 OCTOBER 2025, BULAPE, KASAI PROVINCE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (DRC)
10.Wide shot, people walking down a path
11. Various shots, a freshwater installation provided by WHO
5 OCTOBER 2025, BULAPE, KASAI PROVINCE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (DRC)
12. Various shots, health workers and members of the community celebrating the recovery of people with Ebola and their return to the community
20 SEPTEMBER 2025, BULAPE, KASAI PROVINCE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (DRC)
13. Various shots, supplies being offloaded from a UN helicopter
14. Drone shot, looking down at the helicopter and supplies being offloaded (NO SOUND)
15. Wide shot, helicopter taking off
20 SEPTEMBER 2025, WHO WAREHOUSE, BULAPE, KASAI PROVINCE, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO (DRC)
16. Various shots, supplies being moved by forklift and being inspected by a WHO team member
On 1 December 2025, the Democratic Republic of the Congo declared the end of the country's 16th Ebola virus disease outbreak.
The outbreak was in Kasai Province, and began on 4 September 2025. In total, 64 cases (53 confirmed, 11 probable) and 45 deaths were recorded in the outbreak.
Ebola virus disease is a rare but severe, often fatal illness in humans. Human-to-human transmission is through direct contact with blood or body fluids of a person who is sick with or has died from Ebola, or objects and surfaces contaminated with body fluids from a person sick with Ebola or the body of a person who died from Ebola.
The Ministry of Health of DRC led the response, with support of WHO and partners. A total of 112 WHO experts and frontline responders were deployed to support the national authorities to scale up and sustain the response, and over 150 tons of medical supplies and equipment were delivered to protect health workers and communities.
For the first time in an outbreak, an innovative treatment facility known as the Infectious Disease Treatment Module was set up to bolster safer and more patient-friendly care. The module - developed by WHO, WFP and other partners—was designed to better protect health workers while enabling more dignified and effective care for patients.
Innovations in response strategies, patient care, treatments and vaccines, along with strong preparedness and national capacities mean Ebola outbreaks can end quickly, with fever lives lost.
https://www.afro.who.int/countries/democratic-republic-of-congo/news/de…
