Bundibugyo Ebola virus | Continental preparedness and response plan: June-November 2026
The African continent continues to face an increasingly complex landscape of public health threats driven by emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases, climate and environmental change, rapid urbanization, population mobility, humanitarian crises, limited access to essential services and persistent health system vulnerabilities. Among these threats, Ebola disease remains one of the most severe epidemic-prone diseases with the potential to cause devastating human, social, economic, and security consequences if not rapidly detected and effectively contained.
