The Ministry of Health entered into an agreement with at least three international NGOs and one local NGO for the management of US$6 million to revive routine health services in five counties considered most affected by the Ebola virus.
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Africare In the News
Ebola Outbreak Update [Week of December 14, 2014]
On December 16 U.S. President Barack Obama signed an omnibus spending bill. The bill allocated $5.4 billion to fight Ebola in the United States and abroad, with $2.5 billion specifically appropriated to respond to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
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Africans give back: How Africans in the US are fighting Ebola back home
Ruge was struck that much of the coverage depicted Africans only as victims. Little mention was made of their potential role in wiping out the deadly epidemic.
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Ebola Outbreak Update [Week of December 7, 2014]
The WHO declared last week that the Ebola Outbreak in Spain is officially over.
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Malaria deaths down 54% in Africa: WHO
Since 2000, the number of malaria deaths in Africa and worldwide have decreased significantly, according to new data published in the World Malaria Report 2014.
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Ebola Outbreak Update [Week of November 30, 2014]
Having reached 42 consecutive days since the country’s last suspected Ebola case tested negative two times, the Democratic Republic of the Congo was officially free of Ebola transmission on November 21.
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Nov. 29: Africare/Tanzania Holiday Shopping for Ebola Orphans
More than 5,100 people in West Africa have died this year from the Ebola virus. Tragically, many of those who died were children. Also tragically, many of those who died were parents.
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Mbailassem: The Women of Chad Building a Business Empire
As the years of success continued, the women of Mbailassem became well-known in the region, attracting other women’s groups, almost doubling in size and growing their company’s value over 550%.
[More]Africare donates US$2M medical supplies to Nimba
The materials include examination gloves, surgical gowns, surgical materials, personal protective equipment, oral re-hydration salt and body pressure materials, among others.
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Bitcoin Shop to Donate Portion of Ecommerce Gross to Help Africare Fight Ebola
ARLINGTON, VA – (Marketwired – November 20, 2014) – Bitcoin Shop, Inc. today announced its plans to donate fifty percent (50%) of its ecommerce gross profits to Africare.
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