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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:
- PPE supplies to help with containment
- N95 masks to protect doctors and providers
- 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. We’re identifying effective routes to get emergency supplies to the affected regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Uganda rapidly. Airlink previously supported humanitarian partners responding to the West Africa Ebola outbreak in 2014, and maintains strong partnerships that helped suppress and ultimately stop the spread.
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 and Uganda, triggering the World Health Organization to declare a global health emergency over the epidemic, prompting international response to help contain the outbreak and support the healthcare systems. The number of suspected cases rapidly grew into the hundreds, and is expected to reach the thousands by summer. While there are some borders of the DRC that are closed, humanitarian aid pathways remain open, and Airlink is working with partners to quickly move much-needed medical supplies and aid and goods into Goma and North Kivu, both heavily populated regions that are at high risk for exposure.
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