DRC-Ebola Acute Crisis Joint Response 2026

The DRC Ebola ACJR is a six-month, multisectoral humanitarian response implemented by World Vision, Cordaid, Help a Child, Oxfam and ZOA, together with their local partners in the most affected health zones of Ituri Province. The response aims to reduce Ebola transmission, strengthen health system resilience, protect vulnerable populations, and mitigate the wider humanitarian consequences of the outbreak through integrated health, WASH, protection, community engagement and cash assistance interventions.

The activities carried out under this Joint Response are the following:

• Health: The project supports the existing health facilities, strengthens outbreak prevention and response capacities through community surveillance, infection prevention and control (IPC) and triage systems. Activities include provision of PPE and medical equipment, rehabilitation of critical health infrastructure, and training of health workers, community health workers and local authorities on outbreak detection, case notification and prevention measures. The partners aim to reach 68,447 people under this sector
• Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene: The WASH response seeks to reduce transmission risks in both communities and health facilities by improving access to safe water, sanitation and hygiene services. Activities include rehabilitation and construction of water infrastructure, installation of handwashing stations, distribution of hygiene materials, strengthening healthcare waste management systems, and implementation of hygiene promotion campaigns. The partners targets 203,255 people for WASH activities.
• Protection: Protection interventions address the social and protection consequences of the outbreak, including stigma, psychosocial distress, child protection concerns and gender-based violence risks. Activities include psychosocial support, awareness-raising, community dialogue, referral services, child protection support, safe spaces and anti-stigma campaigns. Protection activities will reach 29,480 people while protection principles are mainstreamed across the entire response
• Food security and livelihoods: The Food Security and Livelihoods component provides targeted cash assistance to households most affected by the outbreak, particularly those facing loss of income, movement restrictions and increased crisis-related expenditures. Cash assistance is implemented in line with Cash Working Group guidance and linked to accountability and protection mechanisms to help households meet their priority needs and reduce negative coping strategies. 7,204 vulnerable people are targeted under this sector.
• Risk Communication and Community Engagement (cross-cutting)
  • RCCE activities are integrated throughout all sectors and focus on building trust, countering misinformation and encouraging adoption of Ebola prevention measures. Activities include door-to-door awareness campaigns, community dialogues, radio programmes, engagement with community and religious leaders, and systematic collection and analysis of community feedback to adapt the response.

The Joint Response is planning to reach 204.819 people during this response.