U.S. to provide UN $87 million more toward fighting livestock diseases
The additional USAID funding will go toward surveillance, epidemiological studies, prevention and control activities in the Middle East, Asia and Africa. A big chunk of the funds -- approximately $50 million -- will allow FAO to identify potential reservoirs of carriers of Ebola, and Ebola-like diseases, including any role that livestock may play in transmitting the disease. Read More »