http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/25/millions-promised-for-ebola-not-adding-up.html
Of the countries that promised money to fight Ebola, little has been delivered: 7 percent of China?s $122 million pledge, 17 percent of the $265 million promised by the EU, and 43 percent of the United States? $572 million.
?Countries have promised resources to fight Ebola. Which have delivered??
It?s this question that inspired nonprofit ONE.org to create an Ebola tracker to figure out just that. While the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the UN, and the World Bank have data on the dollar figures associated with each pledge, no one had taken the time to figure out how much of those resources have actually made it to the ground in West Africa.
The answer, as of today, isn?t much.
Culling information directly from government representatives, press releases, technical bodies, and other research, ONE has zeroed in on what exactly the international relief effort in West Africa looks like, at this point. The tracker focuses on three specific forms of support: financing, health-care personnel, and in-kind contributions. This ?deeper dive? into individual country?s commitments, ONE hopes, will persuade leaders to put their money where their mouth is.
In the financing portion, the numbers are particularly bleak. While China has pledged $122 million to the fight, it has thus far only dispersed 7 percent of that number. Of the $265 million pledged by EU Institutions, just 17 percent have reached the epidemic?s hot zone. Even private institutions, which most likely have less bureaucratic hurdles to deal with, have been slow to pull the trigger. The Silicon Valley Community Fund has thus far sent 0 percent of the 25 million pledged. At the Google/Larry Page Family Foundation, it?s the identical equation.
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It?s safe to say that restoring peace in the health-care systems of these three countries will be a marathon, not a sprint. But in order to commence rebuilding them from the ground up, the world must first put out the fires of this current epidemic. As leaders across the world continue to assert, the war is far from won.
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Head of the UN Mission for Emergency Ebola Response (UNMEER) Anthony Banbury said this week in Washington that containing the epidemic still calls for a ?tremendous increase? in resources on the ground. ?We are far, far away from ending this crisis,? said Banbury. ?There is a long battle ahead of us.?
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon echoed these remarks at another meeting in Washington D.C. on Wednesday. After acknowledging that there has been a ?bend in the curve? and a reason to hope, he warned against inaction. ?We need more international responders?trained medical teams and volunteer health workers?especially in remote districts,? said Ban. ?I am asking the international community to continue their support. Our experts say that we need to have at least fivefold strength and support, because, still, the international response is outpaced by this Ebola spread.?
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Of the countries that promised money to fight Ebola, little has been delivered: 7 percent of China?s $122 million pledge, 17 percent of the $265 million promised by the EU, and 43 percent of the United States? $572 million.
?Countries have promised resources to fight Ebola. Which have delivered??
It?s this question that inspired nonprofit ONE.org to create an Ebola tracker to figure out just that. While the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the UN, and the World Bank have data on the dollar figures associated with each pledge, no one had taken the time to figure out how much of those resources have actually made it to the ground in West Africa.
The answer, as of today, isn?t much.
Culling information directly from government representatives, press releases, technical bodies, and other research, ONE has zeroed in on what exactly the international relief effort in West Africa looks like, at this point. The tracker focuses on three specific forms of support: financing, health-care personnel, and in-kind contributions. This ?deeper dive? into individual country?s commitments, ONE hopes, will persuade leaders to put their money where their mouth is.
In the financing portion, the numbers are particularly bleak. While China has pledged $122 million to the fight, it has thus far only dispersed 7 percent of that number. Of the $265 million pledged by EU Institutions, just 17 percent have reached the epidemic?s hot zone. Even private institutions, which most likely have less bureaucratic hurdles to deal with, have been slow to pull the trigger. The Silicon Valley Community Fund has thus far sent 0 percent of the 25 million pledged. At the Google/Larry Page Family Foundation, it?s the identical equation.
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It?s safe to say that restoring peace in the health-care systems of these three countries will be a marathon, not a sprint. But in order to commence rebuilding them from the ground up, the world must first put out the fires of this current epidemic. As leaders across the world continue to assert, the war is far from won.
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Head of the UN Mission for Emergency Ebola Response (UNMEER) Anthony Banbury said this week in Washington that containing the epidemic still calls for a ?tremendous increase? in resources on the ground. ?We are far, far away from ending this crisis,? said Banbury. ?There is a long battle ahead of us.?
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon echoed these remarks at another meeting in Washington D.C. on Wednesday. After acknowledging that there has been a ?bend in the curve? and a reason to hope, he warned against inaction. ?We need more international responders?trained medical teams and volunteer health workers?especially in remote districts,? said Ban. ?I am asking the international community to continue their support. Our experts say that we need to have at least fivefold strength and support, because, still, the international response is outpaced by this Ebola spread.?
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