USAID announces it wlll give the DRC $98 million to help fight the outbreak, which is now at 2,369 cases.
With 16 new infections, the outbreak total has grown to 2,354 cases, including 1,586 deaths, with 402 suspected cases.
High activity has returned to the towns and villages where the outbreak began 11 months ago.
"It is important to break the vicious cycle," a top WHO official says.
A USAID official says 4 major donors have jump-started a new "strategic plan.'
Cases rise steadily ahead of a meeting to consider use of a second Ebola vaccine.
In the past 10 days, officials have recorded nearly 100 new cases, and the outbreak has reached 2,265 infections.
Officials have now confirmed 3 recent cases in Bunia, population 366,000.
The WHO reports a worrying spike in activity in Mabalako, one of the smaller hot spots, as cases top 2,200.
With 13 new cases today, the DRC outbreak has reached 2,181 infections, 1,459 deaths.
