WHO: DRC Ebola outbreak still not under control; North Kivu cases jump 73%

The divergence matters more than the aggregate: declines in Ituri and Haut-Uele are being offset by a sharp North Kivu surge, so national totals can look stable while the geography of transmission shifts. That pattern complicates containment, since response capacity and community trust are local, not national, variables. The open question is whether North Kivu's rise reflects genuine acceleration or improved detection, and whether the gains elsewhere hold once resources are redirected.