Canada pledges $27 million to fight Ebola

Agence France-Presse

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'Canada continues to be deeply concerned by the inadequate coordination efforts at the global level,' International Development Minister Minister Christian Paradis says

UNITED NATIONS – Canada announced on Thursday, September 25, it will contribute $27 million to the United Nations and non-government agencies fighting the spread of Ebola in West Africa.

International Development Minister Minister Christian Paradis made the comments in New York where world leaders attended a meeting on the epidemic convened by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon later Thursday.

In announcing the Canadian contribution, Paradis called for a better coordinated response to the epidemic.

Meanwhile, 1,000 doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine offered by Ottawa to the World Health Organization last month are languishing at a Winnipeg lab in Canada’s western prairies — which Paradis also blamed on a poor international coordination so far.

“Canada continues to be deeply concerned by the inadequate coordination efforts at the global level,” Paradis said.

“We need to combat the disease, as well as the fear that surrounds it,” he said.

“If we are to be successful. We need to be present on the ground and standing in solidarity with the people of west Africa. And we need to ensure that all global efforts are yielding results.”

The deadliest Ebola epidemic on record has infected more than 6,200 people in west Africa and killed nearly half of them, according to the World Health Organization’s (WHO) latest figures.

The virus can fell its victims within days, causing rampant fever, severe muscle pain, vomiting, diarrhea and — in many cases — unstoppable internal and external bleeding.

The WHO has warned that the number of cases across the region could explode in the coming months without an urgent response. – Rappler.com

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