Department for International Development written question – answered at on 25 March 2015.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the Save the Children report A Wake-up Call: Lessons from Ebola for the world's health systems which says that, whilst $4.3 billion was spent on responding to ebola, it would only have cost $1.58 billion to develop health care systems up to minimum standard of health services in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea.
The Ebola crisis has demonstrated that it is critical to invest in national health systems in epidemic prevention, preparedness and response in order significantly to reduce the risk of a global epidemic. The UK will work with the Government of Sierra Leone and partners to seek a legacy of effective systems and structures that will contribute to improved future service delivery and infrastructure. This will ensure that should Sierra Leone be faced with a subsequent outbreak of Ebola or an epidemic of another disease, it is able to respond effectively.
Between 2005 and 2010 DFID spent £22.9 million on the health sector in Sierra Leone, and contributed a further £63.8 million between 2010 and 2014.
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