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USAID Pledges $126 Million to Help Rebuild West African Health Services

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Thinkstock 041915 WestAfricaMap?  SQUARESPACE CACHEVERSION=1429467070184Pawel Gaul/iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The U.S. Agency for International Development announced this weekend that it would provide $126 million in funds to help rebuild health services in Ebola-affected nations in West Africa.

The agency says the money will be used to “help Liberia, Sierra Leone, and guinea restart critical health services that stopped due to the Ebola outbreak, including vaccinations, water and sanitation services, prenatal and maternal health care and nutrition, and programs to prevent and treat malaria and other infectious diseases.”

“USAID has helped West African nations by beating back the Ebola outbreak.” Associate Administrator Mark Feierstein said. “Now we’re helping ensure people have food to eat, schools are open and educating children, people are able to communicate through a strong infrastructure network, and families can support themselves by returning to jobs and markets.”

With help from the international community, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa has been slowed. In Liberia, in particular, the number of new Ebola cases has dropped from 50 per day to zero.



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