U.S ALLOCATES ADDITIONAL $80 MILLION TO EBOLA RESPONSE
By Umar Weswala
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| 📷US Africa Media Hub |
According
to an Ebola response update issued by the Department of State, with this new
$80 million commitment, the U.S government has now mobilized more than $112
million in bilateral foreign assistance for the Ebola response in less than two
weeks.
Read
the details in the media note below as issued by the Department of State;
Ebola
Response Update – May 28, 2026
Media
Note
Office
of the Spokesperson
May
28, 2026
The
Department of State, in close coordination with the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC), is continuing to mount a rapid and comprehensive
response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
and Uganda.
Protecting
Americans
To
ensure Americans can easily find the latest travel information on the outbreak,
the Department created a dedicated Ebola information page.
Supporting
the Regional Response
Working
with local governments, NGO implementers, and international organizations, the
U.S. government continues a comprehensive and coordinated response to contain
the Ebola outbreak at its source to protect the American people and prevent
further international spread.
On
May 27, the Department finalized plans to allocate an additional $80 million in
bilateral assistance to key partners on the ground to expand their ongoing
response to the Ebola outbreak. These new resources will enable implementing
partners to scale up the following critical response activities: PPE
procurement and delivery, border screening and surveillance, contact tracing,
and diagnostics supplies.
PPE
Procurement and Delivery: UNICEF and the
World Food Program will expand procurement and distribution of personal
protective equipment (PPE) and commodities to protect healthcare workers in
affected and high-risk areas.
Border
Screening and Surveillance: The International
Organization for Migration (IOM) will enhance health screening at regional
points of entry including airports and key land and water crossings; increase
risk communication and community engagement efforts to inform the public on how
to reduce their risk and better protect themselves; and improve surveillance to
monitor, detect, and report new cases.
Contact
Tracing: Interchurch Medical Assistance (IMA)
World Health, World Vision, and UNICEF will expand contact tracing and
associated community-based surveillance to identify individuals potentially
exposed to Ebola and prevent further spread.
Diagnostic
Supplies: FHI 360 will increase procurement
and distribution of test kits and support the safe transportation of samples to
improve detection and identification of Ebola cases and inform response
activities and reporting.
With
this new $80 million commitment, the Department has mobilized more than $112
million in bilateral foreign assistance for the Ebola response in less than two
weeks.
Expanding
Ebola Clinics and Improving Treatment Capacity
In
addition to the aforementioned $112 million in bilateral foreign assistance,
the State Department has committed $50 million to the UN Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) to fund up to 50 Ebola response
clinics in affected areas. State Department implementers have deployed
responders to dozens of health facilities in Ituri, North Kivu, and South Kivu
in the DRC and are working to improve the capacity of Ebola treatment centers
and Ebola transit units across affected areas. The Department is also providing
$300 million through OCHA pooled funds to the DRC and Uganda for broader
humanitarian efforts in the affected region.
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