EU Gives $254 Million More to Fight Ebola
BRUSSELS–European leaders agreed to $1.26 billion in funding to fight Ebola in West Africa by the end of the year at an EU summit in Brussels on Friday. Over the weekend the first $254 million was put at the disposal of international efforts, including almost $30.5 million toward the development of a vaccine.
EU Commissioner-elect for humanitarian aid and crisis management and special coordinator on Ebola, Christos Stylianides at the EU Emergency Response Coordination Centre in Brussels, October 27, 2014. Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images
By Lidia Louk
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