WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus visited Uganda on June 8, 2026, after an Ebola outbreak that originated in the Democratic Republic of Congo killed two people and produced 19 confirmed cases in Uganda. The DRC outbreak, declared an international health emergency by the WHO, has recorded 515 infections and 91 deaths since its announcement on May 15. Tedros praised Uganda's border screening and surveillance systems in statements on X.