2018–2020 Kivu Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

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The 2018–2020 Kivu Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was a major Ebola virus outbreak in the country’s conflict-affected eastern region that became the second-largest Ebola epidemic ever recorded and prompted a global emergency response.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Ebola virus disease outbreak ⓘ
epidemic ⓘ
public health emergency ⓘ
affectedPopulation conflict-affected communities in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
approximateConfirmedCases over 3400 ⓘ
approximateDeaths over 2200 ⓘ
borderConcern risk of spread to Burundi ⓘ
risk of spread to Rwanda ⓘ
risk of spread to South Sudan ⓘ
risk of spread to Uganda ⓘ
caseFatalityRate about 66 percent ⓘ
complicatingFactor armed conflict ⓘ
attacks on health workers ⓘ
community mistrust ⓘ
insecurity ⓘ
population displacement ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
declaredOverBy Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
World Health Organization ⓘ
declaredOverDate 2020-06-25 ⓘ
disease Ebola virus disease ⓘ
endDate 2020-06-25 ⓘ
epicenter Beni ⓘ
Beni Health Zone ⓘ
Bunia ⓘ
linked to: Ituri Province

Butembo ⓘ
linked to: Butembo Health Zone

Butembo Health Zone ⓘ
Kalunguta ⓘ
Kalunguta Health Zone ⓘ
Katwa ⓘ
Katwa Health Zone ⓘ
Mabalako ⓘ
Mabalako Health Zone ⓘ
Mandima ⓘ
linked to: Mabalako

Mandima Health Zone ⓘ
Mangina ⓘ
Vuhovi ⓘ
Vuhovi Health Zone ⓘ
linked to: Vuhovi
followedBy 2020 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak ⓘ
globalResponse activation of WHO emergency response mechanisms ⓘ
deployment of international emergency medical teams ⓘ
enhanced surveillance at international borders ⓘ
largerOnlyThan 2014–2016 West Africa Ebola epidemic ⓘ
notableEvent first randomized controlled trial of Ebola therapeutics during an outbreak ⓘ
first use of an Ebola vaccine at large scale during an active outbreak ⓘ
partOf Ebola virus disease outbreaks in Africa ⓘ
PHEICDeclarationDate 2019-07-17 ⓘ
precededBy 2017 Équateur Province Ebola outbreak ⓘ
region Ituri Province ⓘ
Kivu ⓘ
North Kivu Province ⓘ
responseLedBy Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
responseSupportedBy International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies ⓘ
Médecins Sans Frontières ⓘ
UNICEF ⓘ
World Health Organization ⓘ
responseTool ring vaccination strategy ⓘ
scale second-largest Ebola epidemic ever recorded ⓘ
startDate 2018-08-01 ⓘ
timePeriod 2018 ⓘ
2019 ⓘ
2020 ⓘ
treatmentUsed REGN-EB3 ⓘ
mAb114 ⓘ
monoclonal antibody therapy ⓘ
vaccineManufacturer Merck & Co. ⓘ
vaccineUsed rVSV-ZEBOV Ebola vaccine ⓘ
linked to: rVSV-ZEBOV
virus Zaire ebolavirus ⓘ
WHO_PHEIC_Status Public Health Emergency of International Concern ⓘ

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