Aid cuts and conflict impede Ebola response in Congo and Uganda

Aid cuts and ongoing conflict are hampering surveillance and response to an Ebola outbreak across eastern Congo and Uganda, with at least 395 suspected cases and more than 100 deaths, figures likely higher due to weak surveillance. The Bundibugyo strain has no approved vaccines or treatments; while European funding has supported rapid sequencing and supplies, shrinking foreign aid threatens containment amid global health funding tensions.