Ebola outbreak: India has sent first tranche of medical supplies to Africa CDC, says MEA

India has sent its archetypal tranche of aesculapian supplies to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) amid the outbreak of Ebola successful parts of the continent, the Ministry of External Affairs said connected Friday (May 29, 2026).

On May 17, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola outbreak successful the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

At his play media briefing, External Affairs Ministry's spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal was asked if India had sent immoderate aesculapian assistance to Africa successful the aftermath of the outbreak.

"On your question, astir the assistance that we person sent, we person sent aesculapian supplies to CDC Africa. This was handed implicit by our High Commissioner successful Uganda to CDC bureau there. We look guardant to further helping, successful immoderate mode we can, with the countries and with the CDC," helium said. Africa CDC is simply a specialised method instauration of the African Union established successful 2016 to enactment nationalist wellness initiatives of subordinate states and fortify the capableness of their nationalist wellness institutions to detect, prevent, power and respond rapidly to illness threats.

Africa CDC supports African Union subordinate states successful providing coordinated and integrated solutions to the inadequacies successful their nationalist wellness infrastructure, quality assets capacity, and illness surveillance.

Mr. Jaiswal told reporters, "We volition support you updated arsenic and erstwhile we person much developments connected that account." He was besides asked if, pursuing the postponement of the 4th India Africa Forum Summit, which was scheduled to beryllium held precocious May successful Delhi, immoderate tentative timeline had been discussed to clasp the acme astatine a aboriginal date.

According to planetary media reports, the Congolese authorities has confirmed implicit 1,000 suspected cases, with astatine slightest 220 deaths, since it declared an outbreak connected May 15.