"Despite the progress we have made, the #Ebola outbreak in #DRC is continuing to outpace the response.
Active armed conflict is hampering access to the affected areas, and hindering the response.
Just yesterday, a treatment centre in Bunia was attacked.
We face several technical challenges, but we also need political intervention to facilitate the scale-up in the response that we need.
Our priorities are to reduce transmission in Ituri by strengthening surveillance, safe and dignified burials, clinical management and community engagement;
And by strengthening response capacity in newly-affected provinces before transmission becomes established.
But to do this, we urgently need the support of the international community.
We still face a shortfall of more than $400 million in the Joint WHO-@AfricaCDC Continental Preparedness and Response Plan.
We urge donors to fill this gap, and to help us to control this outbreak as quickly as possible.
This is not charity, it’s an investment in national security"-@DrTedros