US donates $1 million to nuclear agency to combat Ebola
The United States contributed $1 million to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to use nuclear science to help combat the Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa, the US State Department has announced, according to Sputnik News.
"The U.S. government has contributed $1 million to the International Atomic Energy Agency for a new project that will improve and streamline efforts to diagnose the Ebola virus in Africa," the State Department said in a press release Thursday.
IAEA will use the money to provide training and equipment to virologists in 11 African countries, including Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, according to the State Department.
The US contribution is part of an IAEA initiative to peacefully use nuclear science in health, environmental protection, water management and agriculture. Seventeen countries have donated $77 million to the IAEA initiative since it was founded in 2010, the State Department statement explained.