WHO Launches US$518 Million Plan to Curb Africa Ebola Outbreak
The six-month plan targets surveillance, lab testing and community engagement as 381 cases and 62 deaths were reported in Congo, officials said.
- On Friday, the World Health Organization and Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention unveiled a $518 million, six-month plan to combat the ongoing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Health officials describe the current epidemic as the fourth-biggest on record, warning that the rare Bundibugyo strain—for which no approved vaccine exists—is outpacing containment efforts.
- WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus noted current pledges of $315.8 million fall short of the $498 million target, though the initiative covers emergency coordination, laboratory testing, and clinical care.
- Ghebreyesus warned of a "catastrophic collision of disease and conflict," stating, "We cannot build community trust or isolate the sick while bombs are falling." Militia attacks hamper containment.
- Separately, tensions persist in Kenya over a U.S.-built Ebola quarantine center at Laikipia Air Base, where protests killed two and prompted a High Court injunction, though Kenyan President William Ruto defends it as part of a "broader national preparedness system.
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The World Health Organization and the African Health Agency, Africa CDC, have announced a plan of $518 million to combat the Ebola epidemic in eastern DRC and neighbouring countries. According to the latest WHO figures, 381 cases have been confirmed in the DRC, including 64 deaths. Uganda records 16 confirmed cases, including one death. The epidemic is serious, the WHO director said this Friday, 5 June, at a press briefing. "It is more important…
The World Health Organization and the Africa CDC launched a joint response plan to the Ebola outbreak, requesting $518 million to contain the spread of the virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and prevent it from expanding into the region. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said after a visit to Ituri province that health teams were still struggling to cope with the pace of the virus' spread. "The outbreak is progressing ra…
The fund is expected to support, inter alia, emergency coordination, laboratory analysis, clinical care and surveillance, according to WHO.
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