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<p>The UK is a longstanding donor to the health sector in the Democratic Republic
of the Congo, improving health services, including capacity to tackle disease outbreaks.
The UK remains deeply concerned by the ongoing Measles outbreak. We are providing
support to the Democratic Republic of the Congo government response through United
Nations agencies and Global Alliance for Vaccines (GAVI).</p><p>The UK has ensured
a £3.2 million emergency allocation from the UN Humanitarian Fund, mostly going to
the World Health Organisation for measles vaccinations and treatment. DFID is the
largest contributor to the Humanitarian Fund. As a key core funder of GAVI, the UK
is also supporting ongoing immunisation work nationwide, including for measles.</p><p>We
are continuing to follow progress with the response together with partners, keeping
resource requirements to end the outbreak under review.</p>
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