DAKAR: The World Health Organization chief announced a $518 million, six-month joint plan to fight Ebola on Friday, calling for funding and political commitment to halt the spread of an outbreak that is already the fourth-largest on record.
The strategy aims to help the Democratic Republic of Congo and neighboring Uganda contain their outbreaks, while assisting other countries in preparing for possible cases through measures including enhanced border screening, the WHO and the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
“The outbreak is moving fast, and we are still playing catch-up,” WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said.
The outbreak is moving fast, and we are still playing catch-up.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO director general
