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Written By: Editorial Team | Published : October 26, 2014 4:15 PM IST
As a list of countries come forward with a helping hand to better the conditions in Ebola-affected countries, Slovakia is set to provide financial help of 90,000 euros ($114,000) for the construction of field hospitals, foreign ministry said Saturday.
'It's for tents, beds, sheets, lighting, towels, generators, sinks and toilets,' Xinhua quoted Peter Susko, head of the press department at Slovak foreign ministry, as saying.
The plan was initiated by Foreign Minister Miroslav Lajcak, who asked other ministries to draft options of potential aid in the fight against Ebola, said Susko.
Slovakia first provided financial help of 15,000 euros ($19,000) from the development aid programme in mid-September to fight against Ebola via the World Health Organisation.
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The European Union (EU)
The European Union (EU) will be increasing its contribution to West Africa for combating Ebola to one billion euros ($1.27 billion). West African countries are the worst affected by the deadly virus, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said Friday.
EU will increase financial help to one billion euros to fight Ebola in West Africa, said Van Rompuy through his Twitter account during the summit of European Union leaders in Brussels. Know more here.
Mexico and Cuba
Mexico has also now joined hands with The World Health Organisation (WHO) to combat the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa, as per the foreign affairs ministry. The ministry declared in a statement that Mexico will make a financial contribution to help equip the doctors and healthcare workers.
Aware that diseases know no boundaries and must be tackled in a coordinated fashion at the international level, the ministry said, The governments of Cuba and Mexico have decided to join forces to help fight the Ebola epidemic . Continue reading here. Read more on Ebola virus causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prognosis and prevention.
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With inputs from IANS
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