Uganda Says It Knows Nothing of Up to 50 U.S.-Funded Ebola Clinics
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Updated · The New York Times · May 21
Uganda Says It Knows Nothing of Up to 50 U.S.-Funded Ebola Clinics
5 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 21
Uganda’s health ministry said Thursday it had received no communication from Washington about Ebola treatment centers the U.S. said it would fund in Uganda and Congo.
Up to 50 clinics were announced by the State Department on Tuesday, with associated frontline costs to be covered through the U.N. humanitarian coordination office, but no exact locations were disclosed.
Dr. Diana Atwine, the ministry’s permanent secretary, said officials did not know which clinics the U.S. meant and suggested the plan might be for Congo or still only a future proposal.
The coordination gap comes as the outbreak, first identified this month in Congo’s Ituri province, has already been declared a public health emergency of international concern by the WHO.
Why was Uganda unaware of a U.S. Ebola plan despite a pact mandating joint action on outbreaks?
With a new Ebola strain spreading, is the uncoordinated global response already failing to contain the threat?