Ebola. Hantavirus. Nipah. Three Outbreaks at Once | Maraz TV News

The World Health Organization declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern on Sunday — after more than 300 suspected cases and 88 deaths. The strain involved is the Bundibugyo virus, one of the rarest forms of Ebola, with no approved vaccines or treatments. This is only the third time in recorded history that this strain has been identified. The DRC accounts for all but two of the cases, with both Uganda cases arriving from across the border — one died in Kampala, a second was confirmed in the capital shortly after. The WHO warned the outbreak may be significantly larger than current numbers suggest given a high early positivity rate and rapidly rising case count. This is not happening in isolation.

The hantavirus cluster linked to the MV Hondius cruise ship remains active across multiple countries. In India, two healthcare workers in West Bengal were confirmed with Nipah virus in January — one of the world's most feared pathogens, with a fatality rate of up to 75 percent and no approved treatment. The WHO is simultaneously tracking ongoing cholera and mpox outbreaks alongside humanitarian crises in Gaza, Sudan, Haiti, and Yemen. And cutting across all of it — one significant absence. The United States officially withdrew from the WHO in January 2026. Washington's funding accounted for roughly 18 percent of the WHO's total budget.

That gap has not been fully replaced. The organisation now coordinating the global response to Ebola, hantavirus, Nipah, cholera, and mpox is doing so with significantly less money than it had a year ago. The lesson from COVID was clear — a health crisis anywhere is a health crisis everywhere. The question is whether the world has actually learned it.

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