How foreign aid cuts are impacting the Ebola response

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0:00On May 17th, the World Health

0:02Organization declared a rapidly

0:03spreading Ebola outbreak in the

0:05Democratic Republic of the Congo and

0:07Uganda, a public health emergency of

0:10international concern.

0:11>> International health agencies now

0:13preparing a large-scale response to an

0:15outbreak that may be difficult to trace.

0:18>> Hundreds of suspected cases have been

0:20identified and dozens of people have

0:22died. It's already one of the largest

0:25outbreaks on record. This strain of

0:27Ebola is rare, harder to diagnose, and

0:30does not have any vaccine or treatments

0:32yet. It's also spreading in an active

0:35war zone where health systems have been

0:37ravaged by armed conflict. That would be

0:40bad enough, but recent cuts to US

0:42foreign aid have made it even more

0:44difficult for local organizers and

0:46health workers to respond effectively.

0:49I'm Sarah Hersander. I'm a Vox Future

0:51Perfect Fellow and this is a reporter

0:53extra.

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