WFP is urgently scaling up food assistance, logistics, telecommunications and air services in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where Ebola has evolved from a localized health emergency into the fastest-spreading outbreak on record.
There’s currently an outbreak of the Ebola virus in parts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda.
WFP teams in eastern DRC share how they move health workers, supplies and food to combat Ebola and growing food insecurity.
WFP has scaled up its emergency response in Akobo, South Sudan, delivering vital food and nutrition aid to people facing catastrophic hunger.
WFP is urgently scaling up its emergency response in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), working with the Government, the World Health Organization (WHO) and partners to help contain the Ebola outbreak.
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