Aid cuts fueled one of the largest Ebola outbreaks on record
TL;DR
Vox argues that U.S. and international aid cuts degraded Ebola surveillance and health systems in Congo and Uganda, helping drive a rapid outbreak that WHO has declared a public-health emergency and that is already among the largest on record, with undercounted cases and a months-long effort ahead despite new funding.
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- This is what happens when you defund Ebola prevention vox.com
- A troubling Ebola outbreak meets a weakened U.S. system The Washington Post
- Trump’s USAID cuts leave health leaders vulnerable in latest Ebola outbreak MS NOW
- US funding cuts have hampered response to the deadly Ebola crisis, aid workers say CNN
- Ebola response hobbled by US withdrawal from global health The Hill
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