Scientists at Stellenbosch University in South Africa have rapidly mobilised to support efforts to understand and contain the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The outbreak, caused by the Bundibugyo strain of the Ebola virus, was declared a Public Health Emergency of International Concern by the World Health Organisation this month, underscoring the urgent need for coordinated regional and global action.

Professor Jean B. Nachega, Director at Stellenbosch’s Biomedical Research Institute, is serving on the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Emergency Consultative Group, which is advising on strategies to strengthen the continental response.

Lulu Gaboo spoke to Professor Nachega.