Africa: Pandemic Fund Announces Emergency Funding for Ebola Response

[The Pandemic Fund] Washington, D.C. -- At an extraordinary meeting, the Governing Board of the Pandemic Fund approved the activation of the Fund's Emergency Financing Procedures (EFP), enabling the mobilization of up to US$220.6 million in Pandemic Fund grant financing to provide rapid and flexible support to fill critical gaps in response to the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Central and Eastern Africa, in line with the Pandemic Fund's core mission and mandate. The decision follows the WHO's declaration on May