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March 7, 2019
The United Nationsrelief agency said it had released 500 thousand dollars to support the creationof a regional common logistics services staging area in Uganda to strengthenEbola readiness and response in the region.
UNUnder-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency ReliefCoordinator Mark Lowcock said the funds was from the UN Central EmergencyResponse Fund.
He said the money waspart of a 10.5 million dollars regional contribution from the fund towardsmitigating the possible impact of the current Ebola outbreak should it spreadto countries neighbouring the Democratic Republic of the Congo DRC.
The new logisticscentre, led by the World Food Programme as the lead agency for common logisticsservices for both UN agencies and NGOs, will support early action in countriesneighbouring the DRC.