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The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, said that approximately 10 million people are facing acute food insecurity in the Ituri, North Kivu, South Kivu and Tanganyika regions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
In a statement shared via the social media platform X, Ghebreyesus warned that the humanitarian situation in these areas is rapidly deteriorating due to ongoing armed conflict, economic pressures, weak infrastructure and severe restrictions on access to basic services.
He noted that Ituri province is both the epicenter of the ongoing Ebola outbreak and one of the areas most severely affected by acute hunger.
He added that several health facilities are either non-functional or operating under severe limitations due to insecurity.
Ghebreyesus emphasized that hunger and infectious diseases reinforce each other, explaining that malnutrition weakens the immune system and increases vulnerability to infections such as Ebola.
He said that the WHO, together with humanitarian partners, is providing emergency nutrition support and essential healthcare services in affected regions. However, he stressed that response efforts remain constrained due to insecurity and limited access.
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