Written questions

Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ebola

2026-05-31 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · 5559 · Official question

James Naish

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that healthcare workers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are safeguarded from the Ebola outbreak.

Answer

Further to my statement to the House on 21 May (HCWS60), the Minister of State for International Development visited Kinshasa on 29 May to see first-hand how agencies on the ground are responding to the Ebola outbreak, with the support of the UK and other...