Ebola-stricken nations need $700 million to rebuild healthcare


  • World
  • Tuesday, 07 Jul 2015

A health worker stands with a woman grieving over lost relative Tamai Kollie at an cemetery for victims of Ebola virus in Suakoko, Liberia, in this March 11, 2015 file photo. REUTERS/James Giahyue

DAKAR (Reuters) - Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone need a further $696 million (£446.13 million) in donor funding to rebuild their battered health services over the next two years in the wake of the deadly Ebola epidemic, senior World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Monday.

WHO Assistant Director General for Health Systems and Innovation Marie-Paule Kieny said that donors had pledged $1.4 billion of an estimated $2.1 billion required by the three countries before December 2017.

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