Amid calls by the World Health Organization for an increase in aid to fight the current Ebola outbreak, Microsoft co-founder,Paul Allen has said that he will donate $100 million (N16,466,977,124.08) to efforts against the disease. Allen had previously donated $26 million to the effort but said that more needs to be done to prevent the outbreak from becoming a global epidemic.Programs would also be created to train doctors in Massachusetts and special containment units would be built to evacuate anyone who gets infected.
Allen said:
“The Ebola virus is unlike any health crisis we have ever experienced and needs a response unlike anything we have ever seen,“To effectively contain this outbreak and prevent it from becoming a global epidemic, we must pool our efforts to raise the funds, coordinate the resources and develop the creative solutions needed to combat this problem. I am committed to doing my part in tackling this crisis.”
“We really wanted to increase the number of health care workers in West Africa."Allen joins colleague Bill Gates, who has committed $60 million to the cause and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg who contributed $25 million. Ebola has killed almost 5000 people and the WHO has warned that the situation would only grow worse if urgent measures are not implemented
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