U Rwanda rukomeje gukurikiranira hafi icyorezo cya Ebola cyatangajwe mu burasirazuba bwa Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Kongo na Uganda. Ubwoko bwa Virusi ya Ebola yabonetse mu karere bwahawe izina rya “Bundibugyo”, ikaba kandi yashyizwe mu cyiciro cy’icyorezo kireba Isi yose n’Ishami ry’Umuryango w’Abibumbye ryita ku Buzima (OMS). Kugeza ubu nta muntu urwaye iyi ndwara uraboneka mu Rwanda, ariko hacyejwe ingamba z’ubwirinzi nko gupima ku mipaka no gutegura amatsinda y’abaganga.
Ebola ni indwara iterwa na virusi, yibasira abantu n’inyamanswa z’inyamabere z’ishyamba (nk’inguge n’isha), ikaba ishobora kwica hagati ya 50% na 90% by’abayirwaye. Umuntu wanduye agaragaza ibimenyetso hagati y’iminsi 2 na 21, birimo umuriro mwinshi, kubabara umutwe n'imikaya, guhitwa, kuruka, no kuva amaraso ahari umwenge hose. Yandura binyuze mu gukora ku maraso cyangwa amatembabuzi (nk’ibyuya, amarira, amacandwe) by’umuntu cyangwa inyamanswa irwaye cyangwa yishwe na Ebola. Umurwayi ugeze kwa muganga kare afite amahirwe yo gukira, kandi abaturage basabwa kuryama bafite isuku, gukaraba intoki kenshi, no kumenya ibimenyetso byayo.
