U.S. Senate Subcommittee Hearing On Ebola Addresses Concerns Over Health Systems Strengthening, Funding, Continued R&D

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Antigone Barton, senior writer and editor of “Science Speaks,” reports on a Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health Policy hearing on Ebola. At the hearing, committee members and speakers raised concerns about health systems strengthening in West Africa, the re-programming of federal funding intended for Ebola to the Zika response, and the need for continued R&D on Ebola (4/7).

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