By Zachery Onyango | Project Leader
Dear supporter,
Uganda's successful containment of Ebola has brought tremendous relief to communities across the country. With 20 confirmed cases and two deaths, Uganda was able to interrupt transmission and officially declare the outbreak over on 28 July 2026. This achievement reflects the extraordinary efforts of health workers, community volunteers, government authorities, local leaders, and partners who worked together to identify cases and prevent wider transmission.
Yet communities along the Uganda–Democratic Republic of Congo border remain concerned because Ebola continues to spread in the DRC. WHO's latest available figures, covering 12 August, record 4,665 confirmed cases in the DRC. The wider outbreak has recorded 2,186 deaths.
Development Alert continues to work with border communities to strengthen preparedness and ensure that the lessons learned during Uganda's outbreak are not lost. Community health volunteers and local leaders remain important sources of trusted information, particularly in villages where access to formal health facilities can be difficult.
Our interventions emphasize early reporting, community surveillance, hygiene promotion, health education, and strong communication with health facilities. We also continue encouraging communities to avoid stigma and misinformation, both of which can undermine disease-control efforts.
Markets, schools, transport stages, places of worship, and other community gathering points remain important spaces for sharing accurate information. Traders, transport operators, women, youth, and community leaders are encouraged to become active partners in preparedness.
The situation in the DRC demonstrates that Ebola can move quickly when detection and response systems are overwhelmed. By maintaining strong community networks in Uganda, we are helping ensure that any future alert can be identified and communicated rapidly.
Your support is helping border communities remain informed, vigilant, and resilient while standing in solidarity with families and frontline responders across the DRC.
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