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Mark Zuckerberg and Wife Priscilla Donate $25M to Fight Ebola

| October 14, 2014 Comment

Mark Zuckerberg and Wife Priscilla Donate $25M to Fight Ebola – Mark Zuckerberg has just announced on Facebook that he and his wife Priscilla Chan have made a grant of $25 million to the Centers for Disease Control Foundation in support of fighting Ebola—the deadly, viral disease that started in Africa, has infected over 8,000 people, and is spreading fast, with little in the way of a failsafe cure.

Zuckerberg wrote “The Ebola epidemic is at a critical turning point. It has infected 8,400 people so far, but it is spreading very quickly and projections suggest it could infect 1 million people or more over the next several months if not addressed.”

Zuckerberg believes grants like these can help the frontline responders to Ebola in their work. They’re the ones setting up care centers, training local staff, identifying Ebola cases, and doing so much to fight Ebola.

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