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World Bank Mobilizes US$300 Million to Finance the Ebola Response in Democratic Republic of Congo

The World Bank Group announced that it is mobilizing up to US$300 million to scale up support for the global response to the Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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