••Bill Gates offers Nigeria, other countries N8billion to fight Ebola
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has
announced it will be 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.@LastßornNews(07060428346)
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