U.S. says it is “rapidly supporting” the Ebola outbreak response by funding up to 50 treatment clinics in the Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC, and Uganda.
The U.S. Department of State said it is actively responding to the Ebola outbreak in the affected regions of DRC and Uganda.
The department said the U.S. was also funding associated frontline costs being established in Ebola-affected areas of the two countries.
” These rapidly deployed clinics would enable implementing partners to establish clinical care and containment perimeters around affected areas.
” Clinics will provide emergency Ebola screening, triage, and isolation capacity,” the department said.
The U.S. said its funding commitment will accelerate the delivery of frontline medical care, life-saving humanitarian assistance, and critical outbreak response capabilities to communities at greatest risk.
” Incremental rapid U.S. funding will stimulate the expansion of emergency treatment capacity, strengthen field operations, and accelerate the delivery of protective equipment, diagnostics,” it said.
The department added that the rapid U.S. funding would ensure essential health services where they were needed most.
” We know from previous outbreak response that ensuring partners rapidly scale up containment and treatment efforts in the affected regions is the most critical variable.
” This is to ensure an effective response and that the disease does not spread.”
The U.S. said the additional funding announcement, in the first days of the epidemic, “sent a clear message”.
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” The United States has an ironclad committed to ensuring this response is fully resourced, rapid, and cooperative between key global health and humanitarian partners,” it said.
” Healthcare and humanitarian workers heading to the frontline should know that the United States has their back and is urgently mobilizing all available resources to assist frontline providers and response efforts.”
The U.S. said it would deliver the funding primarily via UN’s Central Emergency Response Funds, CERF, pooled funding vehicles administered by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA.
It said it was building upon its landmark partnership with OCHA to deliver life-saving assistance faster, more efficiently and more accountable.
” Our combined reforms helped OCHA deliver a record disbursement timeline in our December 2025 funding tranche.
The U.S. said the 2025 funding was disbursed with a “proven speed at scale that will be critical in ensuring resources the frontline in these critical first days of this outbreak response”.
The department said the U.S. continues to mobilize its global resources in support of this outbreak response.
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