WHO: U.S. funding cuts hit Ebola response in Uganda
GENEVA, March 4 (Reuters) - A World Health Organization official said on Tuesday that U.S. aid cuts have affected surveillance of Ebola in Uganda, forcing the U.N. health agency to temporarily take on aspects of the emergency response previously done by other groups.
"I think the U.S. funding freeze has affected key outbreak response capacities for the current Ebola disease outbreak due to Sudan virus in Uganda," Dr Janet Diaz from the World Health Emergencies programme told a Geneva press briefing after a trip to Uganda.
"WHO has had to step up and cover areas it usually doesn't support, and that includes biological samples, transport and logistics and the deployment of surveillance teams to points of entries," she said.
WHO is also directly hit by U.S. funding cuts, with President Donald Trump ordering a withdrawal from the agency in January.
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