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Ebola outbreak response: a breakdown of the key funding pledges
From UN member states to NGOs, the African Development Bank and the private sector – the
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theguardian.com, Thursday 9 October 2014 17.41 BST
The US, which has
already committed $350m to the fight against Ebola, is ready to spend more than $1bn to control
the outbreak. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters
Who has pledged what for the international effort to tackle Ebola?
Donor governments (sources OCHA financial tracking system, DfID and USAid)
• Australia (GDP $1.53tn)
The Australian foreign minister, Julie Bishop, announced on 2 October that the country will provide
an additional A$10m (£5,5m) to the international response: “The government has assessed that, at
this stage, financial contributions are the best and most efficient way Australia can make a rapid
contribution to the global response and support front line health services in the affected countries.”
Australia has committed £6.2m pledged to the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Médecins Sans
Frontières (MSF). This is in addition to the £1.2m already pledged to UK efforts.
• Brazil (GDP $2.25tn)
Brazil has donated five supply kits to Sierra Leone, each of which can protect 500 people from Ebola.
A further four have been donated to Guinea, while five are expected to be shipped to Liberia.
• Canada (GDP $1.78tn)
Canada has pledged a total of $35.4m, and is developing experimental vaccines for use in west
Africa.
• Chile (GDP $269.87bn)
Chile has donated $100,000 to the UN Mission for Ebola Emergency Response (Unmeer).
• China (GDP $8.23tn)
China has sent more than 170 medical workers and given $4.89m in humanitarian aid. It has also
been trialling experiment drugs that could be used to treat Ebola. In September, China dispatched a
59-member laboratory team to Sierra Leone and pledged a further $33m of aid to African countries
and international organisations to help control Ebola. China’s ambassador to Ethiopia said Beijing
would give up to $4m to both the World Health Organisation and the African Union.
• Colombia (GDP $369.61bn)
Colombia has donated $100,000 to Unmeer.
• Cuba (GDP $68.23bn)
Cuba has pledged to train 165 health professionals and deploy them in Sierra Leone.
• Denmark (GDP $315.16bn)
Denmark has pledged $2.17m to the World Food Programme (WFP) and MSF.
• Estonia (GDP $22.38bn)
Estonia has donated $40,000 to Unmeer.
• Finland (GDP $247.37bn)
Finland has contributed a total of €1.7m (£1.33m) to the Ebola effort.
• France (GDP $2.61tn)
France has pledged up to €70m to help fight Ebola; €35m of that sum is direct bilateral aid, while
€35m will go to multilateral institutions. An Ebola treatment centre is to be set up in rural Guinea. In
the long term, the Pasteur Institute, which identified the first occurrence of Ebola in this outbreak,
plans to open a centre of expertise for the region based in Conakry.
• Germany (GDP $3.43tn)
Germany has pledged to contribute to the international airlift, to send a field hospital with 300 beds,
and to dispatch 500 volunteers to west Africa. A German Red Cross team is currently in west Africa
to scout for a possible location for the German field hospital.
• Ghana (GDP $40.71)
Ghana hosts the Unmeer effort in Accra and has become a regional logistics hub for the Ebola
response.
• India (GDP $1.86tn)
India has donated $10m to Unmeer.
• Ireland (GDP $210.37bn)
Additional contribution based on needs assessment, with a focus on medical treatment facilities in
Sierra Leone. This is in addition to 42 tons of supplies that have been airlifted and £784,000 already
committed.
• Italy (GDP $2.02tn)
Italy pledged £3.1m last week on top of a £345,750 donation to WHO and £940,000 for bilateral
actions.
• Japan (GDP $5.96tn)
In April, Japan gave $520,000 to Unicef. It has since given a further $1.5m to the WHO, Unicef and
the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Tokyo has also pledged
to provide protective equipment.
• Kenya (GDP $40.70bn)
Kenya will send $1m to the regional Ebola response.
• Kuwait (GDP $183.24bn)
Kuwait has said it will give $5m to the WHO
• Malaysia (GDP $305bn)
Malaysia announced last month that it would send 21m rubber gloves to west Africa.
• Namibia (GDP $13.07bn)
Namibia will give $1m to the regional Ebola response.
• Netherlands (GDP $770.07bn)
The Netherlands has committed €18.82m towards the fight against Ebola.
• Norway (GDP $500.03bn)
Norway has pledged $28m to fight Ebola, some of which it says will go to “the UN, the Red Cross and
other NGOs.”
• Philippines (GDP $250.18bn)
The Philippines had indicated that it might send health workers to west Africa, but it withdrew more
than 100 peacekeepers from Liberia over Ebola concerns.
• South Korea (GDP $1.13tn)
Further financial support and possibly provision of equipment.
• Romania (GDP $170bn)
Donated $40,000 to Unmeer
• Singapore (GDP $276.52bn)
Scientists in Singapore are analysing strains of the current Ebola virus against microbes from the
1976 outbreak.
• Sweden (GDP $523.94bn)
Sweden has sent $19.4m to the three Ebola-affected countries.
• Switzerland (GDP $631.17bn)
Switzerland pledged £3.25m in funding at conference this month.
• Timor-Leste (GDP $1.29bn)
Timor-Leste has said it will send $1m to west Africa’s regional response effort.
• UK (GDP $2.48tn)
The UK has unveiled a £125m action plan to treat Ebola victims in west Africa, which aims to create
1,000 new treatment beds. More than 500 NHS staff have signed up to volunteer at a hospital in
Sierra Leone, according to a spokeswoman for the Department of Health. The Ministry of Defence
pledged to send 750 troops, one medical ship and three helicopters to help coordinate the Ebola
response effort.
• US (GDP $16.24tn)
The US has committed $350m to the fight against Ebola, with the department of defence prepared
to spent more than $1bn to control the outbreak. The US military has said it would deploy up to
4,000 troops to the region.
Multilateral organisations
• African Development Bank
A further £94.9m package of grants and loans has been approved on 1 October, of which £31m will
go to Sierra Leone.
• EU
The European Commission is to give €140m if funding for Ebola-affected countries, €38m of which is
aimed at boosting health systems.
• World Bank
The World Bank is “mobilising a $400m financing package for the countries hardest hit by the crisis”.
• IMF
In September the IMF sent $130m in emergency financial assistance to Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra
Leone to ease financial problems created by the Ebola outbreak.
NGOs and foundations
• Children’s Investment Fund Foundation
Pledged £12.4m: £7.75m of which is new and £9.3m of which for Sierra Leone.
• Comic Relief
Announced new funding of £1m at the conference.
• Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has pledged $50m to UN agencies and WHO.
• Médecins du Monde
Announced £2.75m for a regional programme including training, community mobilisation and
strengthening health systems.
• Oxfam
Oxfam is tripling its existing Ebola programme in Liberia and Sierra Leone – to £22m and helping 4
million people in both countries. It will be constructing and rehabilitating water supply for treatment
centres, providing bleach and materials such as personal protection equipment, running mass media
public health information campaigns, and providing training and support for community health
workers.
• Save the Children
Will launch a £44m appeal, with £25m for Sierra Leone.
• Ikea Foundation
Pledged $6.58m towards MSF’s efforts to treat Ebola victims.
• Open Society Foundation
Will give $4m to Last Mile Health and Partners In Health.
• Paul G Allen Family Foundation
Pledged $18.4m to deliver medical supplies and fund emergency relief operations.
• William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Will give $5m to fund boost media awareness of preventative measures and to build new treatment
centres.
Private sector
• GlaxoSmithKline
Further support of around £300,000 for Save the Children’s efforts on Ebola. This is in addition to
previous contributions (£130,000 cash and £500,000 in kind donations) as well as restating their
accelerated efforts on an Ebola vaccine.
• Ebola Private Sector Mobilisation Group (EPSMG)
The EPSMG, a self-started coalition of 39 private sector companies operating in Liberia, Sierra Leone
and Guinea, announced support and continued trade and investment in these countries. The main
organisation working on operational support in Sierra Leone is London Mining.