Angola & International Rescue Committee

Angola: Angola is considered at high risk for its own Ebola outbreaks due to known travel routes and porous border crossings with the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

International Rescue Committee: The International Rescue Committee has teams responding to the outbreak and highlights the impact of declining donor funding on disease detection.

Angola: Angola is considered at high risk for an Ebola outbreak due to known travel routes and porous border crossings.

International Rescue Committee: The International Rescue Committee>>> has noted that years of conflict and displacement in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo>>> have severely weakened health systems, making the containment of the Ebola outbreak significantly harder.

Angola: Angola>>> is one of ten African countries identified by the United States — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention>>> as being at elevated risk of Ebola transmission due to cross-border population movement.

International Rescue Committee: The International Rescue Committee is active in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, highlighting the immense pressure from conflict, displacement, and a collapsing health system, which is further strained by the Ebola outbreak.