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        "id": 1770154,
        "msgid": "ebola-resurgence-prompts-call-for-vigilance-1780021836",
        "date": "2026-05-28 15:36:40",
        "title": "Ebola resurgence prompts call for vigilance",
        "author": "",
        "source": "ANTARA_ID",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Social Policy",
        "summary": "The World Health Organization has declared the current Ebola outbreak a global health emergency due to rising cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. With over 900 suspected cases and limited diagnostic capabilities, control efforts face significant challenges from fragile healthcare systems, ongoing conflicts, and mass displacement. The situation underscores the persistent threat of zoonotic diseases in an interconnected world.",
        "content": "<p>Ebola is not merely an outbreak, but a reminder that the world\nremains vulnerable to deadly infectious disease threats. First\nidentified in 1976 in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)\nand South Sudan, Ebola has consistently re-emerged with increasingly\nwidespread impacts. Between 1979 and 1994, no human Ebola cases or\noutbreaks were recorded. However, since 1994, outbreak frequency has\nincreased. Up to 2014, most Ebola outbreaks were reported in remote\nvillages near Central and West African tropical rainforests. The\nsituation changed dramatically with the 2014-2016 West Africa outbreak,\nwhich shocked the international community. Intense transmission in urban\nareas led to over 28,000 reported cases and thousands of deaths.\nCountries including Italy, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Spain, the UK, and\nthe US reported imported cases due to international human mobility. This\noutbreak demonstrated that in the era of globalisation, diseases\nemerging in remote areas can rapidly escalate into international\nthreats. High levels of cross-border human mobility mean disease spread\nno longer respects geographical boundaries. International travel, global\ntrade, and population movements create opportunities for emerging and\nre-emerging diseases to spread rapidly across countries, including\nEbola, a zoonotic disease transmitted from animals to humans and\nsubsequently between people. This highlights that global health threats\nare influenced not only by human mobility but also by complex\nhuman-animal interactions and environmental changes. The world now faces\nrising Ebola cases in Central Africa. From early May 2026 to the\npresent, the DRC outbreak has shown significant case increases. Latest\ndata (as of 25 May 2026) records 906 suspected cases, 105 confirmed\ncases, 223 suspected deaths, and 10 confirmed deaths. Uganda has\nreported seven confirmed cases and one confirmed death. The high number\nof suspected cases indicates the outbreak remains in a phase of\nintensive surveillance and investigation, primarily due to diagnostic\nlimitations, delayed case identification, and contact tracing challenges\nin affected areas. These conditions prompted the WHO to declare Ebola a\nglobal health emergency with very high risk in the DRC, high risk in\nAfrica, but low globally. This declaration underscores that the world\nstill views Ebola as a serious threat requiring swift response and\nstrong international coordination. Current concerns are not unfounded.\nBy the time an outbreak is identified, suspected cases are already\nnumerous, making early control more difficult. The situation is further\ncomplicated by the outbreak occurring in areas with limited healthcare\nsystems, protracted conflicts, and high levels of displacement. In other\nwords, the outbreak emerges amid pre-existing crises.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/ebola-resurgence-prompts-call-for-vigilance-1780021836",
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