UK Pledges Additional £50 Million to Help Contain Ebola Outbreak in Congo
Britain said the package will fund surveillance, treatment and safe burials as Congo reports more than 6,100 cases and 2,950 deaths.
- On Tuesday, Minister for Africa Kirsty McNeill announced the UK will triple its Ebola response funding, providing an additional £51.8 million to bring the total commitment to £78.7 million for the Democratic Republic of Congo .
- The health crisis has reached critical proportions, with the DRC's Health Ministry reporting 6,100 confirmed cases and 2,950 deaths since mid-May; the World Health Organisation warns the outbreak is the fastest-spreading and deadliest on record.
- Maternal deaths in affected regions have almost doubled, with women accounting for more than half of cases; the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office is scaling up programmes to protect maternity services and provide frontline workers protective equipment.
- Thirteen experts from the UK's Public Health Rapid Support Team have deployed to support containment efforts, though former Africa minister Rory Stewart previously warned that international aid cuts undermined pandemic preparedness infrastructure.
- Containment efforts face a significant obstacle: the rare Bundibugyo strain has no approved vaccines or treatments, while health officials struggle against misinformation and displacement across six provinces.
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UK Pledges £51 Million to Fight Congo Ebola as Critics Raise 'Poaching' Concerns Over African Doctors
The UK has pledged over £50 million to combat the worsening Ebola outbreak in the DRC, amidst concerns about Africa's healthcare worker shortage due to migration to countries like the UK.
UK pledges additional £50 million to help contain Ebola outbreak in Congo
UK boosts Ebola response as Democratic Republic of the Congo outbreak worsens
UK Government announces more than £50 million in new funding to tackle the worsening Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, bringing total UK support to £78 million and strengthening international efforts to prevent further spread.
On Tuesday, Britain said that it would provide new funding of over Pound50 million ($66.56 million) to support efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the number of confirmed cases exceeded 6,000 in the country's largest outbreak ever. Britain had allocated up to Pound20 million to respond [...]
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