Why Armed Conflict Is Repeating Ebola's Deadliest Mistakes in the DRC

Armed groups in eastern DRC are blocking health teams from tracing cases and conducting safe burials during the current Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak—mirroring constraints that drove the 2018-2020 Kivu outbreak into the second-largest epidemic on record. Insecurity fractures response networks, displaces populations, and spreads cases across new areas. The vaccine that worked against earlier strains does not protect against Bundibugyo, leaving only experimental options.