http://bbc.in/1p15jJz More than USD one billion is needed to fight the West Africa Ebola outbreak, a 10-fold increase in the past month, the UN's Ebola coordinator has said. David Nabarro made the announcement as the World Health Organization (WHO) described the health crisis as "unparalleled in modern times." http://1.usa.gov/1p15ioX demic-west-africa As the President has stated, the EVD epidemic in West Africa and the humanitarian crisis there is a top national security priority for the United States. In order to contain and combat it, we are partnering with the United Nations and other international partners to help the Governments of Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and Senegal respond just as we fortify our defenses at home. Every outbreak of EVD over the past 40 years has been contained, and we are confident that this one can -- and will be -- as well. Our strategy is predicated on 4 key goals: - Controlling the epidemic at its source in West Africa; - Mitigating 2nd-order impacts, including blunting the economic, social, and political tolls in the region; - Engaging and coordinating with a broader global audience; and - Fortifying global health security infrastructure in the region and beyond... Also: - U.S. Africa Command will set up a Joint Force Command headquartered in Monrovia, Liberia... - U.S. Africa Command will establish a regional intermediate staging base (ISB)... - Command engineers will build additional Ebola Treatment Units in affected areas, and the U.S. Government will help recruit and organize medical personnel to staff them. - Additionally, the Command will establish a site to train up to 500 health care providers per week.
9/17/2014
AFRICA COMMAND needs one billion for Ebola -- yawn
http://bbc.in/1p15jJz More than USD one billion is needed to fight the West Africa Ebola outbreak, a 10-fold increase in the past month, the UN's Ebola coordinator has said. David Nabarro made the announcement as the World Health Organization (WHO) described the health crisis as "unparalleled in modern times." http://1.usa.gov/1p15ioX demic-west-africa As the President has stated, the EVD epidemic in West Africa and the humanitarian crisis there is a top national security priority for the United States. In order to contain and combat it, we are partnering with the United Nations and other international partners to help the Governments of Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, and Senegal respond just as we fortify our defenses at home. Every outbreak of EVD over the past 40 years has been contained, and we are confident that this one can -- and will be -- as well. Our strategy is predicated on 4 key goals: - Controlling the epidemic at its source in West Africa; - Mitigating 2nd-order impacts, including blunting the economic, social, and political tolls in the region; - Engaging and coordinating with a broader global audience; and - Fortifying global health security infrastructure in the region and beyond... Also: - U.S. Africa Command will set up a Joint Force Command headquartered in Monrovia, Liberia... - U.S. Africa Command will establish a regional intermediate staging base (ISB)... - Command engineers will build additional Ebola Treatment Units in affected areas, and the U.S. Government will help recruit and organize medical personnel to staff them. - Additionally, the Command will establish a site to train up to 500 health care providers per week.
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