🇨🇩 #DRC#: In Bunia, Dr @MR_Belizaire, @WHOAFRO Emergency Director, met with James Swan, Head of @MONUSCO, to review the #Ebola# situation in Ituri & discuss key response priorities. Strong coordination remains essential to protecting communities & bringing the outbreak under control.

As DRC Ebola outbreak tops 5,500 cases, calls for more resources intensify African health authorities warn the official case totals may be a significant undercount. Read more: 📷: World Bank / Flickr cc

In @abcnews #EBOLA# #DRC# "Behind this milestone are thousands of families facing unimaginable fear and uncertainty, and children are bearing some of the heaviest consequences," Greg Ramm @save_children

In the DRC 🇨🇩, mental health and psychosocial support services are helping people affected by #Ebola# cope with fear, stigma and isolation. “When I was told that I had Ebola, I already felt like a dead man,” recalls Jean Vianney, who has since recovered from the disease. Read how psychosocial support is helping patients, survivors, their families and frontline responders find hope and rebuild confidence.

Good discussion with DRC Prime Minister @SuminwaJudith about the importance of sustaining the momentum toward lasting peace under the Washington Accords and Doha Framework.  The United States remains proud to lead the world’s Ebola response with $887 million in direct assistance to our partners fighting this vicious disease outbreak in the DRC.