International Medical Corps said on June 24, 2026, that it was actively responding to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the region, with work now spread across more than 70 health facilities. The effort includes case management, screening and referral units, surveillance, mental health and psychosocial support, infection prevention and control, logistics, just-in-time training, continuity of essential health services, and water, sanitation and hygiene services.
The update matters because the response is not confined to a single treatment site. It is being run through a hub-and-spoke model that links designated treatment and transit facilities with referring health facilities, while case-management support, infection control and training continue after the outbreak was declared. That kind of reach can help keep patients moving into care faster and protect staff, but it also shows how widely the outbreak’s pressure has spread through routine care systems.
International Medical Corps said it is coordinating closely with the Ministry of Health and relevant partners across all operational areas, and that it has strengthened screening, triage and community engagement in surrounding communities. It has also trained health workers on EVD response protocols and supported broader contact tracing through mapping, daily monitoring and follow-up, a sign that the response is still trying to catch up with the risk of missed transmission as the outbreak moves across facilities.
The gap is in the tracing itself. The report says contact-tracing work is meant to address undetected transmission across operational areas and beyond, which is a direct admission that the system still has blind spots even as the response expands. At the same time, the lean season is already adding another layer of strain: women and girls are reporting that they are eating wild plants to survive, some are going days without anything to eat, and malnutrition is increasing.
For now, the June 24 Situation Report #8 shows an outbreak response that is broad, active and still under pressure from two directions at once — the risk of hidden Ebola spread and a worsening food shortage that is already weakening the same communities trying to get through it.
