Funds slow to reach Ebola zone, study says

The international response to West Africa’s Ebola crisis was more generous than predicted, but the deployment of resources has been extremely slow, according to a BMJ (British Medical Journal) study
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TOP 10 DONORS: As of Dec 31, 2014

Funded ($m)*

Pledged ($m)

United States 855 900

Britain 302 307

World Bank 117 230

Germany 160 161 

France 108 137

Paul G. Allen 55 100

Sweden 77 78 

Canada 78 78

ECHO 75 75 

Netherlands 60 66

Ebola virus Outbreak has killed more than 8,800 people since it began in December 2013

*Paid or firmly committed

ECHO = European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection
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DONOR RESPONSE TO OUTBREAK: Aug-Dec 2014

Total pledges

Asked for

Paid contributions

Aug 1  Sep 1  Oct 1 Nov 1 Dec 1 Jan 1 

0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2,500 3,000 $m

Aug 1 WHO appeals for $71m to support control of outbreak

Sep 16 UNOCHA estimates almost $1bn required

Mid-Oct $500m received

Mid-Nov Official request for funding estimated at $1.5bn

Dec 1 About $1bn received

Dec 31 $1.09bn

Dec 31 $2.89bn
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Sources: BMJ, wire agencies

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