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Ebola Spread Shows Deadly Cost of Aid Retreat
Ebola Spread Shows Deadly Cost of Aid Retreat
May 18, 2026 at 6:45 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 18 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2026/05/18/ebola-spread-shows-deadly-cost-of-aid-retreat/
“The Ebola outbreak spreading across Democratic Republic of Congo and into neighboring Uganda is fast becoming an early test of what a retreat in Western health funding might mean for global pandemic preparedness,” Bloomberg reports.
“For years, the US financed networks of laboratories, epidemiologists and emergency-response programs through agencies including USAID and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.”
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