{"id":1935,"date":"2015-10-07T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T14:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pr.asianetpakistan.com\/?p=20477"},"modified":"2015-10-07T14:00:33","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T14:00:33","slug":"the-paul-g-allen-ebola-program-awards-11-million-in-new-grants-continuing-its-support-of-innovative-solutions-to-help-prevent-future-outbreaks-from-becoming-epidemics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southafricajournal.com\/the-paul-g-allen-ebola-program-awards-11-million-in-new-grants-continuing-its-support-of-innovative-solutions-to-help-prevent-future-outbreaks-from-becoming-epidemics\/","title":{"rendered":"The Paul G. Allen Ebola Program Awards $11 Million in New Grants, Continuing Its Support of Innovative Solutions to Help Prevent Future Outbreaks From Becoming Epidemics"},"content":{"rendered":"
SEATTLE, Oct. 7, 2015 \/ PRNewswire — It’s been nearly a year since philanthropist and entrepreneur Paul G. Allen pledged $100 million to help tackle the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the single largest private gift to fight the disease. While critical progress has been made over the past year, the 2014 West Africa Ebola outbreak exposed significant gaps in the world’s ability to effectively respond to global health crises. Past experience suggests that the world is likely to confront another major outbreak fueled by similar challenges confronted in this outbreak: gaps in infrastructure and logistics, a lack of data and coordination, and inadequate diagnostics.<\/p>\n