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 Under the grant, the Jeddah-based IDB will setup treatment centers
in countries where Ebola is endemic, Sierra Leone, Guinea and
Liberia, as well as Mali where some cases have appeared, the IDB
said in a statement on Thursday.
Separately, the GAVI global vaccines alliance is committing up to
$300 million to buy Ebola vaccines, two weeks after it raised $500
million from an Islamic bond.
The deal, raised through the International Finance Facility for
Immunization Co, is the largest Islamic bond ever issued by a global
non-profit organization, part of a trend to use bond markets to fund
ethical projects.
GAVI, which is funded by governments and the Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, said in a statement on Thursday it was ready to begin
procurement as soon as the World Health Organization recommended a
vaccine for use.
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GAVI said it would meet funding needs of the Ebola vaccine program
using a combination of existing and new financing.
(Reporting by Bernardo Vizcaino, Editing by Michael Perry)
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