(FILES) Workers from the Uganda Red Cross Society spray disinfectant during the evacuation of the body of a suspected Ebola victim in Kampala on May 26, 2026. Uganda was declared officially Ebola-free by the World Health Organization on August 27 after 42 days without a new case. The country has been praised for its efforts in preventing the spread of the outbreak that has overwhelmed health facilities in parts of the east of neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). (Photo by Badru KATUMBA / AFP)
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El secretario general de la ONU, Antonio Guterres, hizo un llamamiento este jueves para obtener 1.100 millones de dólares con el fin de financiar un plan de ayuda para combatir la epidemia de ébola en la República Democrática del Congo.
(FILES) Workers from the Uganda Red Cross Society evacuate the body of a suspected Ebola victim in Kampala on May 26, 2026. Uganda was declared officially Ebola-free by the World Health Organization on August 27 after 42 days without a new case. The country has been praised for its efforts in preventing the spread of the outbreak that has overwhelmed health facilities in parts of the east of neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). (Photo by Badru KATUMBA / AFP)
El plan, que tiene un coste total de 2.100 millones de dólares, ha recibido una importante contribución de Estados Unidos, pero «sin financiamiento adicional, las operaciones vitales se quedarán sin fondos justo cuando necesitan ampliarse», afirmó.
El programa está financiado al 48%.
«Los recursos actuales durarán semanas, no meses», destacó Guterres. «Por eso pido los 1.100 millones de dólares restantes», añadió, al indicar que en el futuro «se necesitarán aún más fondos».
A general view of a large wooden riverboat, known as a baleiniere, docked at the port of Bende-Bende, in Maluku, on August 20, 2026. The small port of Bende-Bende is one of the main gateways to the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a vast Central African country of more than 100 million inhabitants that is facing the 17th Ebola outbreak in its history. In just three months, it has become the deadliest outbreak yet, with more than 2,500 recorded deaths. Every day, large wooden riverboats known as baleinières, which travel up and down the Congo River, disembark hundreds of passengers arriving from the eastern and northern regions, where the current outbreak remains confined for the time being. (Photo by Sophie Douce / AFP)
Desde que se declaró la epidemia de ébola el 15 de mayo, ha habido más de 5.600 casos confirmados en la RD Congo, incluidos más de 2.700 fallecimientos.
Impulsado por la rara especie del virus Bundibugyo —para la que no hay vacunas ni tratamientos—, esta epidemia es la mayor en la historia de la RD Congo.
