Every Ebola dollar must be traceable, Africa's health agency says
Donors have pledged $2.9bn for the outbreak in DR Congo. Africa CDC is backing Kinshasa's demand that every organisation report what it received and spent.
Kinshasa — Africa's public health agency has thrown its weight behind the Democratic Republic of Congo's push to track the money raised for the Ebola outbreak, saying every dollar must be traceable from the donor's pledge to the service delivered to a community.
In a statement issued in Kinshasa, the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention said it supports the position of Congo's health ministry on transparency, traceability and accountability in the response.
How much is at stake
Announced commitments now stand at $2.9 billion. Much of that followed an appeal by Congo's prime minister, Judith Suminwa Tuluka, at a ministerial meeting hosted by the United States in New York on 23 September, on the margins of the UN General Assembly. She asked then that pledges be turned quickly into money paid out and work done.
The agency says it has called for full tracking of resources since a high-level meeting led by President Félix Tshisekedi on 5 August, so that funding reaches affected communities, health facilities and frontline workers.
What partners are being asked to do
All national and international partners are asked to align their work with the national response plan and to provide complete and timely information on:
- the resources they have received;
- what they have spent;
- where they are working;
- what they have achieved.
The agency says it will strengthen its financial tracking system to pull this information together, show where money is short and cut duplication.
And if they do not
The statement goes further than a request. Africa CDC says it supports the use of national accountability measures, including administrative action where appropriate against organisations that do not meet transparency and reporting requirements, in line with Congolese law.
The agency's own role
It describes three responsibilities: leading the effort to raise money from donors, helping to ensure that pledges are paid out to countries and implementing partners on time, and providing technical assistance.
Source: Africa CDC, 4 October 2026.
