2 days ago · USAID missions shutting down, staff ordered to return from overseas 05:12. Some health officials in the U.S. fear the shutdown of U.S. Agency for International Development missions may have ...

2 days ago · U.S. health officials are telling Americans to take precautions if they travel to Uganda because of an Ebola outbreak. U.S. health officials are telling Americans to take precautions if they travel to Uganda because of an Ebola outbreak. ... USAID is going away. Here's what it's been doing in South America; Making climate-friendly lifestyle ...

4 days ago · USAID's activities range from providing prosthetic limbs to soldiers injured in Ukraine, to clearing landmines and containing the spread of Ebola in Africa.

3 days ago · The most recent of multiple Ebola outbreaks in Uganda was declared in September 2022, and the US provided more than 22.3 million United States dollars to support the Ugandan government’s response. USAID paid for contact tracing, the distribution of protective equipment, safe burials, rapid response and more.

Sep 24, 2014 · Visit our main West Africa Ebola Outbreak page to learn more about how we're responding to the West Africa Ebola outbreak, and what you can do to help. The overall EVD caseload has increased approximately 17 percent since September 16.

USAID led the whole-of-government international response effort to contain the disease and reduced the number of Ebola cases to zero. In total, over 28,600 people were infected and 11,300 died. Build Back Better than Before. Beyond 2015 to 2018, USAID switched its focus to address longer term Pillar II recovery efforts in West Africa.

President Obama recently declared the Ebola epidemic in West Africa a top national security priority and announced a clear, comprehensive, and global strategy to stop the outbreak. This series covers unique angles, updates, and scholarship on the Ebola crisis and how the United States is ramping up to help. Read more Impact Blog articles on Ebola:

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has contributed $8 million dollars to support the joint Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and World Health Organization (WHO) Strategic Response Plan to the outbreak (currently budgeted at …

Through UNICEF and the Uganda Red Cross, USAID supported construction of a borehole with a pump and pipes to transport clean water to taps in Kassanda to ensure IPC access — interrupting the spread of Ebola. USAID also set up water tanks and handwashing stations at the Ebola Treatment Units in Mubende and Kassanda.

USAID activities worked with civil society organizations, including women’s and survivors’ groups, to promote behavior change, provide social protection to survivors and families who lost loved ones to Ebola, and increase civic participation in local and national