Content_paragraphs:  On 25 June, the Minister of Health, Eteni Longondo, announced the end of the
  
  tenth Ebola virus disease outbreak in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of
  
  the Congo, which had started on 1 August 2018 in North Kivu and extended into Ituri
  
  and South Kivu. Over 3,400 people were infected by Ebola, more than 2,200 of whom
  
  died. Meanwhile, the eleventh Ebola outbreak was declared in Equateur Province on
  
  1 June. As at 13 September, 121 infections, 48 deaths and 54 survivors had been
  
  reported The epidemic increased pressure on the already limited basic social services
  
  and exacerbated the vulnerability of the affected populations, especially among
  
  women and children.