Ebola response update from Minister for State

World Health Organisation warns DRC violence is allowing disease to spread

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Wednesday, November 21, 2018
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West African Ebola virus epidemic, Medicine, Veterinary medicine, Health, Biological weapons, Tropical diseases, Zoonoses, Ebola, Ebola virus disease, Ebola virus epidemic in Sierra Leone
Summary
Key Points: 
  • Harriett Baldwin, Minister of State for Africa updates the House ofCommons on Ebola response.
  • The World Health Organisation has warned that although Ebola response in the regionhas resumed, the continued violence is hindering efforts to halt the disease's spread.
  • "The number of confirmed Ebola cases in this outbreak has continued to rise.
  • Preet Kaur Gill, the Shadow Minister for International Development welcomed the increase of funding to the response effort, but stated "prevention is better than emergency response", and criticised the Government's distribution of spending.
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