{"id":47894,"date":"2014-09-15T18:35:58","date_gmt":"2014-09-15T18:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=47894"},"modified":"2014-09-15T19:08:17","modified_gmt":"2014-09-15T19:08:17","slug":"outstanding-pledges-hampering-ebola-fight-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/outstanding-pledges-hampering-ebola-fight-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"Outstanding pledges hampering Ebola fight \u2013 Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President John Mahama has revealed that failure of donors who pledged financial support for the West African Sub-region to fight the deadly Ebola disease to fulfill their promises is hampering the fight against the disease.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;n3CXXYInEl9cwlbccLhwt3rZZaRQViI1&#8243;]President Mahama, who is also the chairman of the Economic Community for West African Countries (ECOWAS), revealed this during a<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2014\/09\/15\/mahama-to-visit-ebola-stricken-countries-today\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\">\u00a0visit to three of the worst affected countries<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0(Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea) today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of money has been pledged but most of it is not on the ground yet and been put into effect,\u201d President Mahama stated.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/liberia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47898\" alt=\"liberia\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/liberia.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/liberia.jpg 640w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/liberia-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He said the situation is hampering the region&#8217;s determination to check the spread of the disease.<\/p>\n<p>Ebola has so far claimed over 20,000 lives in the West African sub region.<\/p>\n<p>Though frantic efforts are underway to control the disease, the WHO has predicted that about 20,000 extra people are likely to be affected in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/15247965175_97fe792a9f_z-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-47905\" alt=\"15247965175_97fe792a9f_z (3)\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/15247965175_97fe792a9f_z-3.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/15247965175_97fe792a9f_z-3.jpg 640w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/15247965175_97fe792a9f_z-3-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The President has therefore emphasized the need to speed up processes to effectively fight the deadly disease.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to speed up the roll out of all these pledges. The processes in terms of budgeting, in terms of putting in the procurement are quite cumbersome and so, if we can speed that up, it will help greatly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On the setting up of a logistics centre in Ghana, President Mahama said plans are underway to establish the facility on time.<\/p>\n<p>The facility, when completed will be used as a logistics base for the international fight against the \u00a0disease.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Marian Efe Ansah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President John Mahama has revealed that failure of donors who pledged financial support for the West African Sub-region to fight the deadly Ebola disease to fulfill their promises is hampering the fight against the disease. 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