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Airlink’s Disaster Response
Airlink is working with airline and logistics partners to rapidly mobilize humanitarian partners to mitigate the Ebola epidemic and strengthen health systems by transporting:
- Personal protective equipment (N95 masks, gowns, gloves, boots) to protect doctors and other healthcare workers
- Safe and Dignified Burial Kits to help with containment
- Urgently-needed medical supplies to treat patients
Airlink’s logistics support to move aid over long distances and to remote locations with limited healthcare infrastructure is critical. Airlink is leveraging pre-established routes to quickly move emergency supplies into affected regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda. Airlink previously supported humanitarian partners responding to the West Africa Ebola outbreak in 2014, and currently has a proven delivery model in Eastern DRC because of the organization’s ongoing response to the conflict and mass displacement in the region.
This response is made possible with the generous support of the U.S. Government.
Situation Overview
In spring of 2026, a rare Bundibugyo strain of Ebola spread through the DRC, triggering the World Health Organization to declare an international health emergency over the epidemic, and prompting a global health response to help contain the outbreak and support healthcare systems. Since May, the number of confirmed cases has surpassed 10,000, making this outbreak the deadliest in the country’s recorded history. While some of the DRC’s borders are closed, humanitarian aid pathways remain open, and Airlink is working with partners to quickly send the most needed health care supplies into Ituri and North Kivu provinces, both heavily populated regions that have become the epicenter of this outbreak. Together with our partners, we are ensuring community members and healthcare workers are protected during burials and while treating patients.
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