India, Sept. 9 -- The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the DRC, emerging in mid-2026, is spreading faster and wider than the 2013-2016 West Africa crisis, raising fears of a global epidemic.

Weak surveillance, late detection, super-spreaders, porous borders, conflict and lack of vaccines or therapeutics are driving transmission.

Urgent funding, real-time testing and community trust is needed to contain it.

Given its speed, scale and scope, the Bundibugyo Ebola virus disease that broke out in the Democratic Republic of Congo in mid-2026 could become a global epidemic.

I am an infectious disease epidemiologist with experience in managing the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in my country, Sierra Leone. Drawing lessons from Sierra Leone and having w...