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September 11, 2014
Gates Foundation pledges additional $40m to help fight Ebola in West Africa; focus on medical services but also on developing vaccines and medications.
"The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said on Wednesday it would spend $40m (£25m) – on top of $10m already committed – to support the emergency response to west Africa's Ebola outbreak – the group's largest donation yet to a humanitarian effort." -- Associated Press, via the Guardian