Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

The leaders also pledged to protect essential services such as education, routine healthcare, cholera control and measles response efforts as countries confront the growing public health threat.

Authorities also dispatched a team of 35 experts from Kinshasa to reinforce surveillance, infection prevention and control, contact tracing, and community engagement efforts in the affected areas.

Health authorities in DRC and Uganda have already activated emergency response mechanisms, including contact tracing, case isolation, infection prevention measures, and enhanced treatment services.

Four deaths have already been confirmed through laboratory testing, while additional suspected cases remain under investigation in Bunia, a densely populated urban centre in Ituri province.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo bore the heaviest burden, accounting for 96% of reported cases and 97% of deaths.

The outbreak, which marked the 16th recorded in the DRC, centered in Kasai Province and began on 4 September 2025.