直到5月24日，经肯尼亚医学研究所和美国疾病预防中心的实验室检验证实，Yambio县卫生局已经报告埃博拉出血热病人19例，4例死亡。南部苏丹预警和响应网络和WHO总部小组与Yambio县卫生局及其同仁紧密合作成立紧急委员会以控制疾病爆发。这个委员会由联合国儿童基金委员会等非政府组织的公共卫生工作者组成，它积极进行社会动员、支持医院病例管理和患者接触人员随访管理。
目前，爆发似乎局限于Yambio县郊，但邻县也同时进行疫情通报。对于商业流通和旅游，世界卫生组织没有提出特殊限制措施。
原文：
Ebola haemorrhagic fever in south Sudan - update
24 May 2004
As of 24 May 2004, the health authorities of Yambio County have reported a total of 19 cases, including 4 deaths, of Ebola haemorrhagic fever (EHF) in Yambio, Western Equatoria, south Sudan. Laboratory testing performed by the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI) and by the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) United States have confirmed EHF.
WHO South Sudan Early Warning and Response Network (EWARN) along with a team from WHO headquarters have been working closely with the health authorities and partners in Yambio County helping with the creation of a Crisis Committee to control the outbreak.
This committee includes UNICEF, Médecins sans Frontières-France and other nongovernmental organizations and churches working in public health. The committee is working actively in social mobilization, supporting case management in Yambio hospital, and organizing the follow-up of contacts of people who have been ill with the disease.
Currently, the outbreak appears to be restricted to the environs of Yambio; however, neighbouring countries have been notified. At this stage, WHO recommends no special restrictions on travel or trade as a result of this outbreak.
