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World Bank: Fighting Ebola to Cost Billions by End of 2015

10/08/2014

According to estimates from the World Bank, the regional impact of West Africa's Ebola epidemic could reach $32.6 billion by the end of 2015 if it spreads significantly beyond Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, which have been the hardest-hit countries to date.

"The enormous economic cost of the current outbreak to the affected countries and the world could have been avoided by prudent ongoing investment in health systems-strengthening," said Jim Yong Kim, president, World Bank, in a statement.—Kerri Fitzgerald

Source: Thomson Reuters. 2014; World Bank sees financial impact of Ebola at as much as $32.6 bln in Africa.

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