{"id":44921,"date":"2026-09-08T10:25:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T08:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=44921"},"modified":"2026-09-08T10:25:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T08:25:57","slug":"africa-cdc-welcomes-increased-uk-support-for-ebola-response-in-drc","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/africa-cdc-welcomes-increased-uk-support-for-ebola-response-in-drc\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa CDC welcomes increased UK support for Ebola response in DRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The Africa Centre for Disease Control (CDC), has welcomed the United Kingdom (UK) Government\u2019s decision to increase its support to the Ebola response in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).<\/div>\n<div id=\"ms-outlook-mobile-body-separator-line\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The support, brings the UK government\u2019s total commitment towards the response efforts to $106 million.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"ms-outlook-mobile-signature\">\n<div>The announcement, follows a recent meeting between the Director General of Africa CDC, \u00a0Doctor Jean Kaseya, and UK Minister for Development, Kirsty McNeill.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The discussions focused on the Ebola response, regional co-ordination and the need for sustained support to affected countries.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Speaking in the House of Commons, Minister McNeill highlighted the UK\u2019s support to the African-led response and recognised Africa CDC\u2019s role in coordinating regional efforts.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The additional UK funding will support the response in the DRC and Uganda, as well as wider regional coordination and preparedness.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u2014ChannelAfrica\/ThamoKapisa\u2014<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":35189,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-44921","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"The discussions focused on the Ebola response, regional co-ordination and the need for sustained support to affected countries.","published_date":"","news_description":"The discussions focused on the Ebola response, regional co-ordination and the need for sustained support to affected countries.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44922,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/44921\/revisions\/44922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=44921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}