{"id":89330,"date":"2026-05-17T14:44:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T14:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=89330"},"modified":"2026-05-17T14:44:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T14:44:15","slug":"who-declares-ebola-outbreak-in-congo-uganda-an-emergency-of-international-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/05\/17\/who-declares-ebola-outbreak-in-congo-uganda-an-emergency-of-international-concern\/","title":{"rendered":"WHO declares Ebola outbreak in Congo, Uganda an emergency of international concern"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA23nhSf.img?w=534&amp;h=320&amp;m=6\" alt=\"People at Bunia General Referral Hospital following confirmation of an Ebola outbreak involving the Bundibugyo strain in Bunia, Ituri province, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 16, 2026. Picture taken with a mobile phone. REUTERS\/Victoire Mukenge\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The World Health Organization on Sunday declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a &#8220;public health emergency <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/other\/who-declares-ebola-outbreak-in-congo-uganda-an-emergency-of-international-concern\/ar-AA23nhSs?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=HCTS&amp;cvid=6a0967f1e3a04d7eb68ff05304059f1d&amp;ei=71\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>The World Health Organization on Sunday declared an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a &#8220;public health emergency&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[195],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-89330","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ebola"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Tedros-of-WHO.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89330"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89331,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89330\/revisions\/89331"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}