New Delhi, June 21 (IANS) The postponement of the fourth India-Africa Forum Summit due to concerns over the ongoing Ebola outbreak in parts of Africa has highlighted India’s growing role in supporting the continent’s healthcare needs, particularly through vaccine development and manufacturing, according to a report.As per an analysis by IOL, the summit’s deferment has drawn attention to India’s swift efforts to support Africa’s response to the Bundibugyo Ebola virus outbreak reported in the Demo…
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Geneva, May 23 (IANS) UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Tom Fletcher, has said that he is allocating up to $60 million from the world body’s Central Emergency Response Fund to accelerate the response to the Ebola outbreak in Congo and the wider region.”We need to get ahead of this Ebola outbreak,” Fletcher said on Friday in a statement.While the humanitarian community is fully mobilised, he said, “the epidemiological context is challenging: the…