Wednesday, 24 June 2026, 12:00–13:00 (CEST)
Background
The Democratic Republic of the Congo is responding to its seventeenth Ebola outbreak, brought on by the Bundibugyo virus, within the jap provinces of Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu. Bundibugyo virus illness has no licensed vaccine or particular remedy, which makes early detection, high-quality supportive care and secure, well-designed remedy services essentially the most highly effective instruments for saving lives.
This webinar brings collectively WHO and nationwide consultants to deal with secure and scalable care. Audio system will give an replace on the present scenario and response, introduce WHO’s newly launched complete medical administration tips for filovirus illness — and what early supportive care means in apply for enhancing survival — and present how remedy services are being designed and arrange safely, drawing on WHO’s Ebola and Marburg treatment-centre facility design and development requirements. The session connects new world steerage to real-world supply within the discipline, and attracts out sensible classes that different outbreak-affected international locations and companions can apply.
Aims
- Share the present operational image of the seventeenth Ebola outbreak in jap DRC, and the way the response is being coordinated at discipline stage.
- Current the newly launched WHO medical administration tips for filovirus illness, and clarify why early, standardized supportive care is the one most necessary determinant of survival within the absence of a Bundibugyo-specific vaccine or therapeutic.
- Exhibit how remedy centres might be designed and scaled safely and humanely, drawing on the continued and previous outbreaks
Tentative agenda with audio system and perspective
Introduction of EPI-WIN, housekeeping, introduction to matter and audio system and slido: EPI-WIN Science and Data Translation, WHO
Welcome remarks and overview of WHO’s newly launched complete medical administration tips for filovirus illness: Janet Diaz, Unit Head, Protected and Scalable Care (SCC), Humanitarian and Catastrophe Administration (HDM), WHO Well being Emergencies (WHE), WHO headquarters
Protected, scalable and humane remedy centre designs for Ebola BVD, Luca Fontana, Operations Assist & Logistics, Well being Emergency Alert & Response Operations, WHO headquarters
Panel dialogue:
Richard Kojan (TBC), President, Alliance for Worldwide Medical Motion (ALIMA)
Patrice Kabongo (TBC), Medical Professional Case administration, WHO Nation Workplace, Democratic Republic of Congo
Jamie Rylance, Case Administration Professional, Protected and Scalable Care (SCC), HDM, WHE, WHO headquarters
Different panelists TBC
Q & A
Closing and subsequent EPI-WIN: EPI-WIN Science and Data Translation, WHO
