UN Allocates Emergency Funding to Combat Ebola Outbreak in Central Africa

2026-05-23 02:34:23

(MENAFN) The United Nations is mobilizing up to $60 million in urgent funds to address a rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak in Central Africa, according to reports from relief authorities.

"We need to get ahead of this Ebola outbreak. Today, I am allocating up to $60 million from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund to accelerate the response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the wider region," stated UN relief chief Tom Fletcher on Friday.

Fletcher indicated that the humanitarian efforts are being coordinated under the guidance of World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.

"The epidemiological context is challenging: there are not yet licensed vaccines or treatments for the Bundibugyo strain," he added.

This outbreak stems from the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, differing from previous epidemics that were primarily linked to the Zaire strain. At present, no vaccines or therapeutic options have been officially approved for this particular strain.

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