The European Union provided over EUR 200 million for immediate humanitarian aid, surveillance and research funding in response to the Ebola outbreak.
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The exact figure of 'over €200 million' is documented most clearly for the European Commission's contribution to the 2014-2016 West Africa Ebola outbreak (more than €200 million), not for the 2026 DRC/Uganda outbreak specifically.
No single source states a combined figure of 'over €200 million in immediate humanitarian aid, surveillance and research funding' for the current 2026 outbreak; the figure is reached by aggregating separate budget lines (humanitarian aid ~€115 million for 2026, plus research funding of over €160 million accumulated across years).
The EU's Ebola research funding (over €160 million for vaccine development) is cumulative across multiple outbreaks and years, not a single-outbreak expenditure, so it is not strictly comparable with an 'immediate' humanitarian allocation.
For 2026, the EU's humanitarian allocation for the Great Lakes region and Uganda was reported at different levels over time (€101.9 million and later over €115 million), reflecting successive top-ups.
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PrimaryEuropean Commission — EU Research and Innovation on EbolaEU's research in Ebola and emergency response · over €160 million to Ebola vaccine development · €7 million to development of Ebola treatments · diagnostic tests ...