Response to DRC's Ebola Epidemic Hampered by Funding Shortfall and Misinformation, Frontline Workers Say

The Washington Post reported on 26 August 2026 that the response to DRC's 'raging' Ebola epidemic has been hampered by a severe lack of funding and pervasive misinformation, according to people working on the front lines — echoing UN Senior Ebola Coordinator Julien Harneis's 21 August warning that response funding 'will run out' within weeks. The report comes as the outbreak, already the largest and deadliest Ebola epidemic in DRC's history, continues spreading through communities also facing conflict, displacement and food insecurity, with rumors and vaccine skepticism undermining case-finding and community cooperation even as case counts pass 5,500 confirmed and over 2,600 deaths.