Africa CDC Chief Condemns Ebola Travel Restrictions And Broken Aid Promises

Funding pledges for Ebola outbreak almost halved, Africa CDC says - Regional Media News

DAKAR, May 28 (Reuters) - Funding pledges to contain the fast-growing Ebola outbreak in Africa have almost halved since Monday, the continent's main health body said on Thursday. The World Health Organization has declared the outbreak of the rare Bundibugyo strain of ⁠Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a public health emergency of international concern. In Congo, there have been 1,077 suspected cases and 246 suspected deaths, a…

Africa CDC Chief Condemns Ebola Travel Restrictions And Broken Aid Promises

International Ebola-related travel restrictions imposed on people from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan – which has yet to record a single case –  are “unacceptable” will have a detrimental effect on the economies of affected countries, said Dr Jean Kaseya, head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention […]