05.19.2026 Mobilizing Response to Ebola Outbreak in DRC & Uganda Project HOPE is rapidly mobilizing a coordinated emergency response with local partners following the World Health Organization’s (WHO) declaration of the Ebola virus outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda as a “public health emergency of international concern”. The outbreak, officially declared by DRC’s Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene and Social Welfare on May 15, 2026, is driven by the highly lethal Bundibugyo ebolavirus strain. There is currently no preventative vaccine for this specific strain, which health officials estimate carries a 30% to 40% fatality rate . “We are taking this outbreak with the utmost seriousness as it pertains to the communities impacted, the broader region, and the risk of global transmission,” said Arlan Fuller, Project HOPE’s Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response.…