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Development
The Australian Government will increase its efforts to support international organisations to respond to infectious disease outbreaks in developing countries.
Australia will contribute $4 million to the World Health Organisation's (WHO) Contingency Fund for Emergencies to enable quick and effective mobilisation of WHO responses to outbreaks. This commitment will support the WHO Contingency Fund's containment efforts in the recent outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
Media release: Australian contribution to fighting Ebola and other infectious disease outbreaks
Last Updated: 30 May 2018