The money will go to the CDC Foundation, a private, non-profit
organization securing donations to help the US Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) fight the epidemic in west Africa, which
has claimed more than 4,000 lives.
“We need to get Ebola under control in the near term so that it doesn’t spread further and become a long-term global health crisis that we end up fighting for decades at large scale, like HIV or polio,” Zuckerberg said in a post on Facebook. “We believe our grant is the quickest way to empower the CDC and the experts in this field to prevent this outcome.”
“We need to get Ebola under control in the near term so that it doesn’t spread further and become a long-term global health crisis that we end up fighting for decades at large scale, like HIV or polio,” Zuckerberg said in a post on Facebook. “We believe our grant is the quickest way to empower the CDC and the experts in this field to prevent this outcome.”
Zuckerberg’s donation more than doubled the contributions toward
the Ebola response received by the foundation. Claire Greenwell, a
spokeswoman for the foundation, said it has so far received
approximately $40m in commitments and donations to help combat the
crisis in west Africa. She said the donations will provide critical
resources and services needed to improve the situation on the ground in
west Africa.
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