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Africa: Hailing the Contributions of the Private and Non-Profit Sectors to the Ebola Fight
White House, 6 November 2014
The United States has allocated considerable resources to the Ebola response — more than any other country — but the President has made clear that we cannot take on… Read more »
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West Africa: President Obama Requests $6.18B for Ebola Emergency
White House, 5 November 2014
Dear Mr. Speaker: Today, I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed emergency appropriations request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2015 that includes $6.18 billion to implement a… Read more »
Obama Seeks Ebola Aid Funds, Facebook & Google Pledges
The Obama administration, which this week asked Congress for an additional $6.18 billion in emergency funds to fight Ebola in west Africa and increase preparedness at home, has welcomed new pledges of private sector support.Google and Facebook made new commitment, joining the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation, the Mark Zuckerberg Foundation, Humanity United, the Skoll Foundation and others.
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First Look at a New Hospital for Ebola Aid Workers: 10 Photos You’ve Never Seen
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The new 25-bed critical care hospital being built in Harbel, Liberia to treat health care and aid workers who fall ill to Ebola. The new hospital is expected to be online in early November. see more »
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West Africa: Fact Sheet on Emergency Funding Request for Ebola Aid
White House, 5 November 2014
Since the first cases of Ebola were reported in West Africa in March 2014, the United States has mounted a whole-of-government response to contain and eliminate the epidemic at its… Read more »
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Liberia: Readout of the President's Call with the Monrovia Medical Unit
White House, 6 November 2014
The President on Wednesday morning spoke by phone with the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) Commission Corps who are staffing the Monrovia Medical Unit (MMU), the 25-bed hospital… Read more »
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Liberia: President Joins U.S. Ambassador to Dedicate Field Hospital for Healthcare Workers
Govt of Liberia, 5 November 2014
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf joined U.S. Ambassador Deborah Malac to dedicate a newly constructed 25-bed field hospital to be used solely for the treatment of healthcare workers… Read more »
InFocus
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American Philanthropist Paul G. Allen has announced initiatives in partnership with BBC Media Action, USAID and other partners as part of a comprehensive relief capaign which the ... Read more »
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West Africa: Readout of the President's Meeting on Ebola
White House, 4 November 2014
The President on Tuesday afternoon convened his national security and public health teams to discuss Ebola preparedness at home and the whole-of-government approach to contain the… Read more »
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Liberia: Life-Saving Ebola Supplies Headed to Liberia
Samaritan's Purse, 5 November 2014
A Samaritan's Purse airlift will equip staff and healthcare workers to continue fighting the Ebola outbreak Read more »
President Barack Obama at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia in the United States, discussing the United States' response to the Ebola crisis in west Africa.
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Nobody who has been working on the Ebola crisis in Guinea, Sierra Leone or Liberia thinks the international response is anywhere close to what's needed to avert mounting disaster ... Read more »
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29 October 2014
President Obama On Our Fight Against Ebola
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An excerpt from President Obama's remarks to health care workers on their efforts to stop the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. October 29, 2014. see more »
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The Ebola outbreak in West Africa is impairing the ability of governments to raise revenues, increasing their exposure to domestic and foreign debts and may make them more ... Read more »
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On a visit to countries worst affected, including Liberia, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power, has said positive results are beginning to emerge. Read more »
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U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Samantha Power, the highest-ranking American government official yet to visit Ebola-hit nations, has criticised the international response to the crisis. Read more »
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President Obama appointed Ron Klain to coordinate the administration's efforts to contain and stamp out the Ebola virus threat currently facing west Africa. Read more »
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President Obama will announce the appointment of a high-level coordinator to manage the U.S. mlilitary response to the Ebola outbreak when he visits the Centers for Disease Control ... Read more »
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"The United States has intensified every aspect of our engagement....but I want to expand that effort with an urgent plea to countries around the world to step up even further", ... Read more »
