Eastern DRC Ebola Outbreak
Eastern Congo's rapidly growing Ebola outbreak has killed over 1,500 people and is worsening hunger amid conflict and response shortfalls.
Severity score
25.7
Limited · default weighting
Trajectory
Worsening
What this is
The Ebola outbreak in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has reportedly killed more than 1,500 people. Headlines describe it as the fastest-growing recorded outbreak and say deaths rose by roughly half within about a week.
Conflict, aid cuts and an under-resourced response are obstructing containment. UN-linked reports also warn that the epidemic is worsening food insecurity and leaving thousands more people hungry.
Score breakdown
Loss of life
26Direct and attributable mortality, normalised across annual and cumulative tolls.
Lives negatively impacted
29People displaced, injured, food-insecure, exposed or otherwise materially harmed.
Financial cost
12Direct damage, lost output and health-system spend attributable to the event.
Environmental impact
5Emissions, habitat and biodiversity loss, contamination and irreversibility.
Trajectory
75Whether the situation is escalating, and how much worse it is plausibly getting.
Recent coverage
- 30 Jul 2026phr.orgEbola Death Toll Reaches 1000 in DRC, as Conflict and ...
- 30 Jul 2026bostonherald.comCongo says death toll in fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ...
- 30 Jul 2026instagram.comMore than 1000 people have now died from Ebola ...
- 30 Jul 2026facebook.comThe UN emergency food agency appealed for immediate ...
- 30 Jul 2026democracynow.orgU.N. Warns of Growing Hunger Crisis in Eastern Congo ...
- 30 Jul 2026ny1.comEbola outbreak is worsening food insecurity in eastern ...
- 30 Jul 2026usnews.comThe Fastest Growing Ebola Outbreak Is Worsening Hunger ...
- 30 Jul 2026youtube.comEbola deaths in DRC surge past 1400 as virus 'spreading like ...