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UN says Ebola has reduced essential health service use in Ituri; UNICEF scales community response
Summary
The briefing said essential health service use dropped by 42% in Ituri between April and June 2026; UNICEF trained around 13,000 frontline actors, revised a six‑month appeal to $113.45 million, and delivered supplies to treatment centers and health facilities.
Farhan told reporters that, between April and June 2026, the use of essential health services in Ituri province fell by about 42 percent as fear of Ebola and service disruptions kept families away from care. He said hotspots include Bunia, Mungvalu, Nisi, and Rampuara and that disrupted care compounds the direct threat from Ebola.
UNICEF and partners, Farhan said, have trained approximately 13,000 frontline community actors, reached more than 2.4 million people with guidance, supplied infection prevention and control materials to eight Ebola treatment centers, and equipped 45 health facilities with infection prevention kits. UNICEF revised its six‑month appeal to $113,450,000 to sustain and expand interventions in high‑risk zones.
