Physician Benoît Beya gave the room a number, then went quiet. Read the full article: https://www.learning.foundation/2026/08/02/bundibugyo-in-the-voices-of-two-responders-and-the-fellow-who-framed-them/
More than 17 doctors have already died in the Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak, and more nurses too.
At Teach to Reach 15, The Geneva Learning Foundation paused its climate and health programme for ten minutes to hear from two health workers already inside the response, one in the Democratic Republic of Congo and one in Uganda.
Saidu Ainebyoona, responding from the Ugandan side of the border, named three priorities: proper protective equipment, community engagement built on trust rather than instruction, and decisions that move as fast as the disease.
Panu Saaristo, the Foundation's first Fellow for Humanitarian Health, gave the framing that ties both accounts together.
An outbreak like this is a behavioural issue and a trust issue, he said, and a strictly medical approach misses why it keeps spreading
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