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The World Health Organization has declared the Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo a public health emergency of international concern.
Ebola cases related to the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been reported in the urban areas of Kampala, Uganda and Goma, DRC.
Deaths from Ebola have been reported among health workers, indicating healthcare-associated transmission of the virus.
The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo is caused by the Bundibugyo strain, which does not have an approved vaccine or therapeutics, unlike the more-researched Zaire strain.
International funding for public health in the Democratic Republic of Congo from partners including the United States sharply declined last year.
The current Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has 540 suspected cases and 131 deaths.
Researchers estimate that the true number of Ebola infections in the current outbreak is likely already larger than 800 cases.
The first recorded Ebola death in Uganda during the current outbreak was a person who had traveled across the border from the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The epicenter of the current Ebola crisis is in Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of Congo, on the border with Uganda and South Sudan.
An armed group in the Democratic Republic of Congo declared a unilateral ceasefire on the same day news of the Ebola outbreak emerged.
The Ituri province in the Democratic Republic of Congo hosts almost one million Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), with some camps holding over 100,000 people.
The current Ebola outbreak of the Bundibugyo strain has already exceeded the total case numbers and deaths of the two previous outbreaks of that same strain in the Democratic Republic of Congo.