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Mon, 2015-06-08 16:33 — mike kraft

REUTERS                                                      June 8, 2015

KRUEN, Germany - Leaders of the Group of Seven industrial nations pledged on Monday to wipe out Ebola but offered little in terms of concrete action, disappointing non-governmental organisations.

G7 leaders said in a communique at the end of a two-day summit in the Bavarian Alps that they would offer help to at least 60 nations, including in West Africa, over the next five years to help prevent outbreaks from turning into epidemics.

More than 11,000 people have died in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa since the first reported case in March 2014. The G7 said the crisis showed it was necessary to enhance the world's ability to prevent, detect and respond to such emergencies.

The G7 nations said they would work together to combat future epidemics and boost or establish strategies to quickly deploy teams of experts with a variety of skills via a common platform, but their communique was thin on detail.

Florian Westphal, General Director of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) Germany, said the leaders had done little to ensure epidemics would not spiral out of control in future....

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Mon, 2015-06-08 19:38 — mike kraft

POLITICO by Kim Dixon                       June 8, 2015
Public health advocates have a word to describe the G7’s latest bid to fight Ebola and other pandemics.

Underwhelmed.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel got to health policy near the end of a wrap-up press conference of the meeting, announcing a “financial facility” within the World Bank — with no sums committed....

“This is very disappointing, as new sources of funding are urgently needed, including to equip us with the tools to successfully tackle new and deadly epidemics such as Ebola,” said Renate Baehr, executive director of the German public health group DSW....

In another development
On Sunday, UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced that Britain would set up a rapid-response unit to be better prepared for the next epidemic — widely believed to be more infectious than Ebola. Cameron committed to a €20 million initial investment to fund treatments for Ebola and similar diseases.

http://www.politico.eu/article/g7-ebola-fight-response-ngo-leaders-reactions/

Wed, 2015-06-10 19:27 — mike kraft

G-7 nations toss out vague promises of change with no funding or concrete strategies

EDITORIAL: USA TODAY                                             June 9, 2015

The Editorial Board, 6:51 p.m. EDT June 9, 2015

At this week's Group of Seven summit in Germany, the major powers had an opportunity to show what they had learned. Instead, they tossed out vague promises of improvement with no concrete strategies or money to make them happen.

That's disappointing because one of Ebola's most powerful legacies could be the lessons it teaches. Here are four:

Delay is deadly...
Calmness counts...
Let science lead...
Be prepared...

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2015/06/09/ebola-world-health-organization-g7-cdc-editorials-debates/28759663/

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