Africa CDC Commits $1.5mn to Support Kenya’s Ebola Response
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NAIROBI, Kenya, Oct 28 — The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has mobilised approximately $1.5 million in financial, technical and operational support to strengthen Kenya’s response to the Ebola outbreak.
The commitment follows a meeting between Health Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale and Africa CDC Director-General Jean Kaseya in Nairobi, where Duale briefed the continental health agency on measures Kenya has taken to contain the outbreak.
Kaseya commended Kenya’s leadership and response, citing rapid mobilisation, early detection, timely interventions, enhanced surveillance and coordinated national action.
