Based on this commitment, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim arrives in Liberia on Tuesday, December 2, to further strengthen the Bank’s continuing response to the Ebola virus.

According to a release issued by the Bank’s office in Monrovia, Dr. Kim will meet President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf and senior officials of the Liberian Government while in the country.

The release said Kim will also visit the Ebola Emergency Operation Center (EOC) in Monrovia and meet with the Incident Management System representatives, donor partners, health workers, EVD survivors, contact tracers and burial team members.

He will later hold a press conference on December 2 at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Bank is mobilizing nearly $1 billion in financing for the three countries hardest-hit by the Ebola crisis. A total of $518 million has been disbursed for the emergency response

The funding will help Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone provide treatment and care, contain and prevent the spread of the virus, help communities cope with the economic impact of the crisis, and improve public health systems.

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