Ebola in Congo: within a week, NOS ran three stories on the outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). It gave a voice to doctors from ALIMA, which has set up many Ebola treatment centres in the region.
Nieuwsuur, 26 September 2026: at the epicentre
In the programme Nieuwsuur, correspondent Elles van Gelder travels to the epicentre of the outbreak in the east of the country. NOS notes that, with 3,800 deaths, it is the most serious Ebola outbreak ever recorded in Congo. [
Watch the Nieuwsuur report on NOS
NOS.nl, 29 September 2026: a race against time for a treatment
The article follows Dr Jacques Makuta, a Congolese ALIMA doctor who has worked for months in an Ebola treatment centre in Bunia. With no drug against the Bundibugyo variant, teams treat the symptoms. At the same time, the international Partners trial is testing two treatments, remdesivir and MBP134, on patients in eastern Congo.
“We do our best to save people and to carry on with courage.” (Dr Jacques Makuta, doctor, ALIMA)
“What we do is treat the symptoms, but we have no medicine to stop the virus. It hurts that we lose so many patients.” (Dr Jacques Makuta, doctor, ALIMA)
📰 Read the article on NOS
NOS, 2 October 2026: the video report
NOS followed up with a video, “A race against time to defeat Ebola”, featuring Dr Jacques Makuta again.
