Media Round Up: Refugees International President Jeremy Konyndyk Sounds the Alarm on Ebola Crisis
Refugees International President Jeremy Konyndyk is speaking out about the unfolding Ebola crisis in eastern DRC. Konyndyk previously led the U.S. Agency for International Development’s response to the West Africa Ebola outbreak in 2014 and 2015 as a senior official in the Obama administration. In a series of media interviews, he explains what is required to contain the current outbreak, details the consequences of USAID’s absence to global response efforts, and calls for a surge in humanitarian and medical assistance to communities affected by the outbreak.
Media Highlights
Americans exposed to Ebola in Africa will be sent to Kenya for care, Trump administration says – CNN, May 27
Exclusive: Trump admin shutting key US researchers out of global virus response talks, documents and sources reveal – CNN, May 26
White House pauses removal of detainees to DRC as Ebola outbreak widens – The Guardian, May 23
Bloomberg This Weekend | Trump Weighs Iran Options, Tracking The Ebola Outbreak – Bloomberg, May 23
Trump Admin’s Insistence That Ebola Is Other Countries’ Problem Is ‘Opposite’ of Successful 2014 Response – Common Dreams, May 22
WHO: Risk of Ebola in DR Congo ‘very high’ – BBC, May 22
US Ebola Spending Fell 99 in Five Years Leading up to Outbreak – Bloomberg, May 20
Why this Ebola outbreak will be so difficult to contain – Washington Post, May 19
Potential spread of Ebola ‘warrants serious concern,’ WHO chief says – CNN, May 19
Ebola outbreak fuels mounting global alarm as U.S. works to relocate affected Americans – NBC, May 18
This Ebola outbreak raises questions about when it all began — and the U.S. response – NPR, May 18
Public Health Experts Point to Trump Aid Cuts as WHO Declares Emergency Over Ebola Outbreak in DRC, Uganda – Common Dreams, May 17
For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Madison Cullinan mcullinan@refugeesinternational.org.