The EU has mobilised EUR 15 million in humanitarian assistance for the WHO and frontline humanitarian partners responding to the Ebola outbreak.

Omissions

• The €15 million allocation covered the Ebola response in both the Democratic Republic of the Congo AND Uganda, not only eastern DRC (WHO/EC communications specify 'DRC and Uganda').
• The €15 million was announced as an 'extra/additional' allocation (WHO announcement of 2026-06-02; EC confirmed a further €16.5 million in additional EU support on 2026-06-09), so the total EU Ebola-response funding by the session date exceeded €15 million.
• The 'more than 590 tonnes through eight EU humanitarian air bridges' detail is corroborated verbatim by a single secondary source (2eu.brussels, quoting what appears to be the European Commission press material); the primary EC page found documents a smaller early figure (nearly 100 tonnes delivered with UNICEF via one air bridge as of 2026-06-09).
• The MEP is Hadja Lahbib, the European Commissioner for Crisis Management, i.e. the very institution that announced and reported these figures — the claim restates official Commission communications.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Commission – DG ECHO (EU response to Ebola)EU allocates €15 million in humanitarian assistance in response to Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.
• PrimaryWHO Europe – EU and WHO scale up action to respond to Ebola outbreakIn response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, the EU is allocating €15 million – of which €5 [million] ... to support the response.
• PrimaryEuropean Commission – DG ECHO news (EU increases support to contain Ebola outbreak)Commissioner for crisis management Hadja Lahbib has announced €16.5 million in additional EU support to stop the Ebola outbreak. An EU Humanitarian Air Bridge, together with UNICEF, has delivered nearly 100 tonnes of supplies to eastern DRC – including medicines, [protective equipment...].
• SecondaryReliefWeb (republished European Commission press release) – EU allocates €15 million in humanitarian assistanceThe European Commission is allocating an extra €15 million* in humanitarian assistance to support the response to the Ebola outbreak [in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda].
• Secondary2eu.brussels – EU allocates €493 million for Ebola response and health security in Congo and UgandaIn addition, more than 590 tonnes of essential supplies have been transported to eastern DRC through eight EU humanitarian air bridges.