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In Ebola fight, private foundations provide critical financial aid
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Description of the way the CDC Foundation, the Allen Foundation and large donors are playing an important role in countering Ebola.
THE WASHINGTON POST Nov. 17, 2014
By Ariana Eunjung Cha
"...The unpredictable nature of the Ebola virus has made the government’s partnerships with private donors critically important in the crisis response. Working outside the politically charged federal appropriations process and the sometimes sluggish bureaucracy, foundations and private individuals have been able to offer much-needed relief for those on the front lines...."
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Re: Ebola - Private Foundations Provide Critical Financial Aid
Links to the private foundations mentioned in the above article are provided (below):
CDC Foundation - http://www.cdcfoundation.org/
The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation - http://www.pgafamilyfoundation.org/
How Ebola exposes diminishing US investment in public health
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES Nov. 14, 2014
By Catherine Dunn
The response to the relatively small number of Ebola cases has exposed an important link between the front line against the virus and the national offensive against everything from the flu to hurricane aftermath to the rise of Type 2 diabetes: They all draw on the same set of shrinking public health resources.
Federal disaster preparedness spending has dropped. Government per capita spending on public health in 2012 was roughly $240 per year, about 6 percent less than it was prior to the financial crisis. And in the wake of the recession, the workforce at public and state health departments has lost thousands of jobs.
“Congress and the executive branch have found these programs easy to cut in the budget process -- because there isn’t an immediate emergency,” says Jeff Levi, executive director of Trust for America’s Health. “And at the state and local level, the recession has caused wide-scale budget cuts across the board.”
That’s not to say that Ebola is going to overwhelm the U.S. public health system. Rather, the virus should serve as a warning, says Glen Mays, a professor of health services and systems research at the University of Kentucky. “It is certainly illustrating some of the gaps and constraints in our current public health system.”
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http://www.ibtimes.com/how-ebola-exposes-diminishing-us-investment-public-health-1724009