WHO urges Uganda to help DRC tackle Ebola outbreak
World Health Organisation Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus with Ugandan medical workers during his visit to the Mulago National Referral Hospital Ebola isolation unit in Kampala on June 8, 2026.
World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has urged Uganda to lend its expertise and resources to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as it battles a fresh Ebola outbreak.
Dr Tedros was speaking on Monday during a meeting at the Mulago Ebola Treatment Centre in Kampala with Uganda’s senior health officials, where he praised the country’s response as a model for the region.
