Facebook founder and the 13th richest person in
the world, Mark Zuckerberg, estimated to be
worth over $30billion just announced on his
Facebook page that he's donating $25 million to
the Centers for Disease Control Foundation to
help fight Ebola. Continue to read the statement
he released...
Priscilla and I are donating $25 million to
the Centers for Disease Control Foundation
to help fight Ebola. The Ebola epidemic is
at a critical turning point. It has infected
8,400 people so far, but it is spreading very
quickly and projections suggest it could
infect 1 million people or more over the
next several months if not addressed.
We need to get Ebola under control in the
near term so that it doesn't spread further
and become a long term global health crisis
that we end up fighting for decades at large
scale, like HIV or polio.
We believe our grant is the quickest way to
empower the CDC and the experts in this
field to prevent this outcome.
Grants like this directly help the frontline
responders in their heroic work. These
people are on the ground setting up care
centers, training local staff, identifying
Ebola cases and much more.
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