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The U.S. is sending $1 million from the U.S. Agency for International Development to fight the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a USAID spokesman told HuffPost Friday.
The U.S. funding will join the less than $9 million contributed so far by the World Health Organization’s Contingency Fund for Emergencies, The Wellcome Trust, the U.K., the United Nations and Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
...Jeremy Konyndyk, who led parts of the 2014 Ebola response for the Obama administration, told HuffPost the dissolution of the global health security directorate is concerning. Konyndyk is now a senior policy fellow for the Washington-based Center for Global Development.
“Going from a senior director lead to a director-level lead on the NSC matters,” Konyndyk said. “Senior directors carry more weight with Cabinet officials and have better access to the president and national security adviser ― both important factors in ensuring the White House stays on top of health crises.”
