Ebola response in Uganda suffers funding shortage

Doctors inside an Ebola isolation centre in Uganda

Doctors inside an Ebola isolation centre in Uganda.  WHO is calling for urgent funds to support the Ebola response in Uganda and the readiness in neighbouring countries. PHOTO | FILE | AFP

The World Health Organisation (WHO) is calling for urgent funds to support the Ebola response in Uganda and the readiness in neighbouring countries.

Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the WHO regional director for Africa, told reporters on Thursday that only 20 percent of the $88.2 million appeal had been reached so far.