The African Union will announce the launch of its Ebola Solidarity Fund on Friday during the AU summit in Addis Ababa, a first step toward its goal of establishing an African center for disease control by mid-2015.
On the heels of criticism from Oxfam that African leaders aren’t doing enough to contain the Ebola outbreak, AU Commissioner for Social Affairs Mustapha Sidiki Kaloko said that the first phase would focus on "an early warning system" for the detection of epidemics.
"We should be ready next time. We shouldn't be caught unprepared," Kaloko said.
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Molly Anders is a former U.K. correspondent for Devex. Based in London, she reports on development finance trends with a focus on British and European institutions. She is especially interested in evidence-based development and women’s economic empowerment, as well as innovative financing for the protection of migrants and refugees. Molly is a former Fulbright Scholar and studied Arabic in Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco.
