U.N. Ebola trust fund gets $100,000, almost $1 billion needed

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U.N. Ebola trust fund gets $100,000, almost $1 billion needed

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-n-1-billion-ebola-fund-gets-deposit-150436290--sector.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Ugcx.W.zbcaa9wGGIiAo0g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-10-16T161320Z_1_LYNXNPEA9F0T3_RTROPTP_2_HEALTH-EBOLA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Health worker in protective equipment prepares a sample taken from the body of someone who is suspected to have died from Ebola virus, near Rokupa Hospital" align="left" title="Health worker in protective equipment prepares a sample taken from the body of someone who is suspected to have died from Ebola virus, near Rokupa Hospital" border="0" /></a>By Michelle Nichols and Lesley Wroughton UNITED NATIONS/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A United Nations trust fund seeking nearly $1 billion for rapid, flexible funding of the most urgent needs to fight Ebola in West Africa has received a deposit of just $100,000 nearly a month after it was set up. The U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on Sept. 16 that $988 million is needed to tackle the deadly hemorrhagic fever over the next six months. Since then $365 million has been committed to stop Ebola in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, which have been hit hardest by the ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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