Almost $3 billion Raised For DRC’s Ebola Outbreak, as Focus Shifts to Nord-Kivu

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G20+ countries have committed nearly $3 billion to tackle the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, with an additional $700 million pledged recently at a G20+ Foreign Ministers' meeting. The funding aims to enhance the response efforts led by the Africa CDC and other health organizations.

G20+ countries pledged an additional $700 million this week to counter the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Dr Jean Kaseya, Director-General of Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, told a media briefing on Thursday. The new pledges were made at the G20+ Foreign Ministers’ meeting convened by the United States […]