US pits $37m against coronavirus in Nigeria, others
Donald Trump, President, USA |
The US is providing these funds
to the World Health Organization, other multilateral institutions, and programs
led by USAID's implementing partners. These are the first US funds committed
from the pledge of up to $100m announced by the US Department of State on
February 7, 2020.
Building on ongoing USAID and
other US Government investments to help prepare and respond to infectious
diseases under the Global Health Security Agenda (GHSA), the new funding will
help address the threat of COVID-19 in the following high priority countries: Afghanistan,
Angola, Indonesia, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kenya, South Africa, Tajikistan, The
Philippines, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Burma, Cambodia,
Ethiopia, Kyrgyz, Lao, Mongolia, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Thailand and Vietnam.
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