Support Community-Led Ebola Containment in Uganda

Dear Donor,

Uganda has reached an important public health milestone by officially ending its latest Ebola outbreak. The country recorded 20 confirmed cases, and after sustained surveillance and the completion of the required 42-day monitoring period, no additional infections were detected. Uganda's experience demonstrates the importance of rapid action, strong surveillance, community cooperation, and effective coordination among response partners.

At the same time, the Democratic Republic of Congo continues to experience a serious Ebola emergency, with confirmed infections now exceeding 3,000. The scale of the outbreak means that regional preparedness cannot end with Uganda's success.

Development Alert is committed to helping ensure that communities along Uganda's border remain informed, vigilant, and prepared. Our continued activities include community awareness, strengthening local reporting networks, supporting Village Health Teams, promoting infection prevention practices, and maintaining relationships with health facilities and local authorities.

We are also working to ensure that communities understand the importance of compassion. Families affected by Ebola need accurate information and support rather than stigma and fear. Community solidarity can encourage people to report illness earlier and cooperate more effectively with health teams.

Uganda's victory belongs to everyone who contributed to the response, including donors whose support made grassroots preparedness possible. But our work does not end with the declaration.

We celebrate Uganda's achievement while standing with communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Your continued support can help protect the progress Uganda has made, strengthen preparedness along the border, and contribute to a stronger regional response against Ebola and future health emergencies.

Dear donor,

Uganda's successful containment of Ebola has provided communities with important lessons that can strengthen public health preparedness for years to come. Following 20 confirmed cases, the country successfully completed the required monitoring period and declared the outbreak over. The response demonstrated how quickly communities can act when surveillance, healthcare services, local leadership, and community participation work together.

Development Alert is now helping ensure that these lessons are not forgotten. Community volunteers who participated in awareness and surveillance activities continue serving as important sources of health information. Local leaders remain engaged, while schools, markets, transport hubs, and community institutions continue providing platforms for health education.

This long-term preparedness is particularly important because the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo continues to experience a severe Ebola outbreak. Recent reporting places the number of confirmed infections above 3,000, highlighting the continuing risk to communities with close cross-border connections.

Our teams are therefore focusing on strengthening community readiness rather than allowing preparedness activities to disappear after Uganda's declaration. We are encouraging communities to maintain functional communication channels, identify local health concerns early, and cooperate with health authorities whenever alerts emerge.

The goal is to create communities that are prepared before the next emergency occurs—not communities that must wait until an outbreak has already spread.

Your support is helping transform the experience of the 2026 Ebola response into lasting community resilience. Uganda's success gives us hope, while the situation in the DRC reminds us that regional preparedness and solidarity remain essential.