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<p>The UK takes the threat of Ebola to global health security very seriously. The
Secretary of State has engaged regularly with the Director General of the World Health
Organisation about the current outbreak in DRC and how the UK can provide support
to the response. The current response is building on previous UK investments on preparedness
and health systems; the experimental vaccine used in DRC was developed with UK support
after the West Africa outbreak in 2014-15.</p><p>More broadly DFID is investing £40million
over four years through the Tackling Deadly Diseases in Africa Programme (TDDAP) to
support preparedness, detection and response work for diseases including Ebola in
the countries most at risk. Our ongoing work to support WHO reform is paying dividends
in the current response.</p>
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