More than $700 million in DRC Ebola aid remains unaccounted for
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Zoom Eco
Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), says more than $700 million intended to fight Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo remains unaccounted for. Of the $962 million announced by donors to implementing partners, more than $200 million has been traced and nearly $100 million is said not to have been spent, according to his statements to the press.
More than $700 million intended to fight Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) remains unaccounted for, says Jean Kaseya, director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC). The funds were raised from international partners to support responses to epidemics, according to Zoom Eco.
Jean Kaseya told the press that he intended to continue investigating to establish where the funding actually went. He also stressed the need to distinguish between donors and those responsible for managing the funds, Zoom Eco reports. The World Bank released $80 million for the DRC.
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