donating $50million (N8billion) to support the efforts of Nigeria and
other West African countries hit by the Ebola Virus outbreak in
containing the spread of the deadly virus.
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.
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