France Plans More Ebola Funding for Eastern Congo, Barrot Says
France plans extra humanitarian funding as Barrot warns Ebola could resurge quickly without continued vigilance.
- On Saturday, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot visited Bunia in the Democratic Republic of Congo, pledging to increase support for Ebola eradication efforts amid fears of a resurgence.
- France previously allocated €13.4 million to combat Ebola between January and July, bolstered by the PRISM programme launched during President Emmanuel Macron's 2023 visit.
- "Ebola may seem far away," Barrot told reporters in Bunia, warning that "it can return very quickly" while praising authorities for containing the epidemic.
- During a national humanitarian conference in Paris on Tuesday, October 6, Barrot will propose additional funding to maintain vigilance against virus resurgence.
- Global health efforts must focus on where epidemics emerge, Barrot emphasized, noting a laboratory-confirmed case of mpox identified in Bunia in mid-September.
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France to step up Ebola funding in Congo amid resurgence fears, minister says
PARIS, Oct 3 (Reuters) - France will step up its support for efforts to eradicate Ebola in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Saturday during a visit to a region hit by the virus, warning that it could quickly resurge if vigilance waned.
The head of French diplomacy, Jean-Noël Barrot, arrived on Saturday, 3 October in the eastern province of Ituri (Democratic Republic of the Congo), the epicentre of the most serious Ebola epidemic in the country's history, noted the AFP. DR Congo is in the grip of its 17th Ebola epidemic, which has become the deadliest epidemic ever in the vast Central African country in a few months. To date, 8,300 cases of Ebola, including 4,018 deaths and 2,1…
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