The current outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) poses an urgent challenge to public health at the national, regional, and global levels. Internal seminars and operational briefings at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2026) underscore that managing epidemics of highly dangerous infectious diseases in destabilized regions cannot be viewed in isolation as a purely medical problem. Current developments in the DRC demonstrate that the success of epidemiological measures is directly dependent on the security situation and on the ability to effectively coordinate the activities of healthcare, humanitarian, and military actors.

Keywords: Ebola; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Global Health Security; CDC; Bundibugyo ebolavirus