Bundibugyo Ebola in DR Congo and Uganda: community-centred response must be operational, not rhetorical

On May 15, 2026, the Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene and Social Welfare of DR Congo declared the country's 17th recorded Ebola disease outbreak after the Institut National de Recherche Biomédicale confirmed Bundibugyo virus (species Orthoebolavirus bundibugyoense) as the aetiological agent. That this outbreak was caused by Bundibugyo virus is not a taxonomic footnote. It changes the diagnostic, countermeasure, and risk-communication context of the response.