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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen pledges US$100 million to fight Ebola

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Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen pledges US$100 million to fight Ebola
Maria L. La Ganga

SEATTLE: -- Paul Allen, billionaire owner of sports teams and mega-yachts, on Thursday pledged at least $US100 million ($114 million) to fight Ebola in what is believed to be the largest private foundation donation so far to combat the deadly disease and support healthcare workers in West Africa.

The gift from the co-founder of Microsoft includes an estimated $US26.5 million already donated to organisations such as the American Red Cross, to pay for equipment, volunteers and educational materials, and the Centres for Disease Control Foundation, to establish emergency operations centers in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, the nations at the epicentre of the epidemic.

"The Ebola virus is unlike any health crisis we have ever experienced and needs a response unlike anything we have ever seen," Mr Allen said in a statement. "I am committed to tackling Ebola until it is stopped."

The disease, which has spurred worldwide panic, travel restrictions and a scramble by hospitals and health agencies to prepare for its possible spread, is generally transmitted through direct contact with the blood or bodily fluids of an infected person.

Full story: http://www.theage.com.au/world/microsoft-cofounder-paul-allen-pledges-us100-million-to-fight-ebola-20141024-11azan.html

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-- The Age 2014-10-24

Plenty of billionaires in Thailand I can guarantee not one of them has ever or will ever give anything of this magnitude for a cause such as this.

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