The World Bank pledged up to $200m in emergency funding to help fight the Ebola virus in west Africa, as the death toll in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea mounts.
Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank, said the funds would provide “critically needed support for the response to stop further transmission of Ebola” within the three nations, which“would prevent new infections in neighbouring at risk countries”.
The financial package comes days after the World Health Organisation and the west African countries most affected by the epidemic asked for immediate support.
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