The Ebola outbreak in west Africa could trigger famine, warned World Bank chief Jim Yong Kim. He called for the creation of an international emergency fund for epidemics. Speaking to German business newspaper Handelsblatt, Kim said that one in four farmers in the most affected countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea had stopped planting their fields. "In one year, we could be grappling with a famine," he said. Kim called for a "global ...Thursday 20 November 2014
Global Epidemic Fund Proposed by World Bank, in Wake of Ebola
The Ebola outbreak in west Africa could trigger famine, warned World Bank chief Jim Yong Kim. He called for the creation of an international emergency fund for epidemics. Speaking to German business newspaper Handelsblatt, Kim said that one in four farmers in the most affected countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea had stopped planting their fields. "In one year, we could be grappling with a famine," he said. Kim called for a "global ...
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