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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8144

6 February 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/humanitarian aid
EUR 300,000 for containing Ebola fever in Gabon

Brussels, 05/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has decided to grant EUR 300,000 in humanitarian aid to Gabon in order to help the populations combat the haemorraghic fever caused by the Ebola virus. Mid January, the disease discovered in December 2001 had already caused 25 deaths in the north-eastern part of the country and in the neighbouring Congo (DRC). Funds from the ECHO budget (Community Humanitarian Aid Office) will contribute to financing a project implemented by...

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