Race to contain ebola outbreak in war-torn DRC where weak infrastructure hampers response
20 May 2026, 08:41 GMT
By FRANCE24
Source URL: https://www.france24.com/en/race-to-contain-ebola-outbreak-in-war-torn-drc-where-weak-infrastructure-hampers-response
Annette Young welcomes Julie Drouet, DRC Director for Action Against Hunger. She offers a sobering assessment of the early Ebola outbreak response in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Speaking from the frontline of a rapidly evolving health emergency, Drouet describes a humanitarian system racing against time in one of the world’s most fragile and conflict-affected regions. They are not only facing epidemiological challenges of containing Ebola, but also the deeper structural vulnerabilities that make outbreaks in eastern DRC uniquely perilous.