The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced on Wednesday that it will spend $50 million – on top of $10 million already committed – to support the emergency response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in containing the spread of the deadly virus., marking the group’s largest donation to a humanitarian effort.
Announcing this in a statement issued today September 10th, the foundation said the money will be immediately released to the United Nations agencies and international organizations that are involved in the Ebola fight to enable them and national governments purchase needed supplies and scale up emergency operations. Continue…
Th foundation also announced the immediate release of an additional $2million to the various Centres for Disease Control and Prevention to support incident management, treatment, and health care system strengthening during this epidemic.
The foundation also pledged to work with private and public organizations to facilitate the speedy development of therapies, vaccines, and diagnostics that could be effective in treating patients and preventing further transmission of the disease.