U.S. Details Record DART Deployment, $382 Million in New Commitments, and Private-Sector Collaboration In Ongoing Ebola Outbreak Response

The announcement confirms that a Disaster Assistance Response Team reached the ground within four days of the first case notification.

CENTRAL AFRICA — On May 23 the Department of State issued a detailed update on its ongoing response to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda, highlighting concrete financial commitments, operational deployments, and new private,sector partnerships not previously quantified in public releases.

The announcement confirms that a Disaster Assistance Response Team reached the ground within four days of the first case notification, described as the fastest ever DART deployment for a U.S. Ebola response.

The update also specifies $32 million in bilateral assistance already provided to seven named implementing partners and the expedited obligation of $300 million from a prior $1.8 billion commitment to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, per the May 23 Department of State media note.

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