The United Nations has shipped emergency supplies to the Democratic Republic of the Congo as part of an effort to contain the country’s growing Ebola outbreak.

UNICEF’s first international shipment of more than 100 tons of supplies was airlifted yesterday with support from the European Union and the World Health Organization. The supplies are intended to reach almost 100,000 people and include medicines, infection-control material, hygiene materials, and protective and operational equipment for healthcare workers on the front lines of the outbreak.