Dear Reader,
You know that colleagues in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda are supporting communities hit by a Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) outbreak.
They are taking real risks to work for health.
Here are three things you can do today to support them, each in less than three minutes.
1️⃣ Join the first Bundibugyo virus disease Teach to Reach session on Thursday, 4 June 2026.
Join us in our Zoom studio, where you can speak and be heard. You can also confirm your place on LinkedIn.
We have reorganized this session so we can listen to and learn from colleagues in Uganda and the DRC who are in the response.
2️⃣ Send this invitation to one colleague who is in this fight with you.
Share it now on WhatsApp, X/Twitter, or Facebook. Read more on LinkedIn in English or French.
Do not just click. Talk to your colleagues. Help them enroll.
3️⃣ Prepare. Enroll for the first peer learning certification on Bundibugyo virus disease and share your experience now.
Sharing your experience can help a colleague to save lives. When you take the course, you will be invited to share your experience. Here is the question that fits you. Read it now, then share your story inside the course.
If you are directly involved in the Bundibugyo response
Tell us about a time during this Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) outbreak when you faced a hard moment at work. Think of one specific day. When was it, where were you working, and what was your role? It could be a suspected case, an infection prevention decision, a safe burial, contact tracing, or a difficult talk with a family. What was happening, and who was affected? What did you do or decide in that moment? What got in your way, such as missing supplies, fear, or unclear guidance? Who else helped, and how did your community shape what you did? What happened next? What did you learn, and what would you do differently now? Share what you can, in your own words. To close, what is one tip you would give a colleague who meets the same situation at another site? Your story can help a peer who is facing this today.
If you have responded to an Ebola outbreak in the past
Think of one time during a past Ebola virus disease outbreak when you learned something you would carry into a Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) response today. When was it, where were you working, and what was your role? What was the situation, and who was affected? What did you do or decide, and what got in your way? Who else was involved, and how did the community shape the response? What happened next, and what did that moment teach you? Looking back, what would you do the same, and what would you change? Share as much or as little as feels right. To close, what is the one lesson from that outbreak you would most want a colleague responding to BVD right now to know, and why? Your experience can save a colleague time when it matters most.
If your community has not yet had to respond to an Ebola outbreak
The Bundibugyo virus disease (BVD) outbreak may not have reached your work, but you may still feel concerned. Tell us about a moment when this outbreak was on your mind. When was it, and where were you? What did you feel, and what made you feel that way? What did you do with that worry, if anything, such as reading, talking to a colleague, or checking your own readiness? If you have responded to another outbreak before, you can share that too. What is the one question about BVD you most want answered right now? Share what you can, in your own words. Your honest question can help us and your peers prepare the support that colleagues like you need before the next case.
You will find the description of this new certification below.
Best regards,
Reda Sadki and Charlotte Mbuh
The Geneva Learning Foundation
PS Did you miss the Thursday session? Catch up here.
📋 Share experience: Bundibugyo virus outbreak response in Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo
This short course gives you clear, practical guidance for working in a Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak. It also gives you a place to share what you see, learn from colleagues, and support each other during a public health emergency. You learn, you share your experience, and you connect your work to the wider response.
If your work supports people to prepare, respond to, or recover from a Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak, this course is for you.
➡️ Learn more and enroll for this certification.
Certification
You earn a Certificate of Contribution from The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) that documents what you produced in the course. This certificate opens the door to our full Certificate peer learning programme for humanitarian health. Each module aligns with professional development frameworks for public health, nursing, and medicine. We encourage you to submit the certificate to your employer or your professional body.
Why this course exists
The course does not teach you the official guidance. Other technical trainings do that.
- This course helps you relate your own experience to that guidance, then think through what you can do where you work.
- You will read trusted health guidance, check it against your daily work, and write what you observe in your setting.
What you know and what you are doing can help colleagues, help the community, and strengthen our collective response.
Who this is for
This course is for anyone working for health in a community affected by an outbreak.
This may include nurses, doctors, lab staff, community health workers, burial teams, contact tracers, risk communication staff, Red Cross and Red Crescent staff, local organisations, and managers.
You do not need a formal health title or qualification to take part.
Three reasons to make time for this
- You join a network responding to the same emergency. The Primer connects you with peers who are responding to the Bundibugyo virus disease outbreak, so we can learn together.
- You work on what is in front of you. Each activity asks you to connect the guidance to your own site, team, patients, and community.
- You learn by combining experiential and technical knowledge. You write, review peer work, and receive peer feedback, so real experience becomes shared knowledge.
Who developed this course?
This course was developed by The Geneva Learning Foundation with the TGLF Scholar networks in DRC and Uganda. TGLF Scholars are health and humanitarian leaders who support and learn from each other to better serve their communities. The course draws on trusted health guidance referenced in the course, including WHO guidance on infection prevention and control, WHO and IFRC guidance on safe and dignified burial, WHO guidance on supportive care for Ebola virus disease, and WHO guidance on risk communication and community engagement.