The European Union's response to Ebola
At a Glance
11-09-2014
A number of West African countries are currently experiencing the worst Ebola epidemic in history. As the situation continues to deteriorate rapidly, the European Commission has stepped up its response since March 2014 and is now pledging more than €147 million in response to the devastating human, sanitary, economic and political effects of this crisis for the region. Since the beginning of the epidemic, the European Parliament has shown its concern as regards this critical situation.
At a Glance
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- Africa
- cooperation policy
- disease prevention
- ECHO
- economic geography
- epidemic
- EU institutions and European civil service
- European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
- EUROPEAN UNION
- GEOGRAPHY
- Guinea
- health
- health aid
- humanitarian aid
- infectious disease
- INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- Liberia
- medical research
- Nigeria
- non-governmental organisation
- non-governmental organisations
- public health
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- SOCIAL QUESTIONS
- United Nations
- World Health Organisation