Japan pledges its contribution to IAEA’s PUI project ‘Enhancing Capacity of National Monitoring Teams for Diagnosis of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) under High Bio-Safety Conditions’
2015/2/23
On February 23, the Government of Japanpledged its contribution ofUSD 500,000 to support the IAEA’s project ‘Enhancing Capacity of National Monitoring Teams for Diagnosis of Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) under High Bio-Safety Conditions’, through Japan’s contribution to IAEA Peaceful Uses Initiative (PUI).With this pledge, Japan’s total contribution to this PUI project counts to USD 580,000.
Ambassador Mitsuru Kitano said “in our efforts to achieve sustainable development of the African continent, it is vital to prevent outbreaks of serious infectious diseases, and to mitigate their consequences to the minimum, should they occur, and in this regard, outbreak of Ebola in West Africa is a serious threat, and the international community needs to keep its vigilance and support to deal with this disease.” at the meeting with Mr Kwaku Aning, Deputy Director General and Head of Department of Technical Cooperation of the IAEA.
He also mentioned “the Agency has extensive expertise and experiences in diagnosing zoonotic diseases, and we expect the Agency to play an important role in developing and strengthening diagnosis capability and early warning system for such disease in Africa. We highly commend the Agency for its active engagement in involvement in and contribution to tackling recent EVD crisis. We stand ready to be instrumental to help the Agency to deal with this serious international challenge.”
In addition to financial contribution, Japan dispatched an expert to the first coordination meeting of this project, which started on February 23 in Uganda.
Ambassador Mitsuru Kitano said “in our efforts to achieve sustainable development of the African continent, it is vital to prevent outbreaks of serious infectious diseases, and to mitigate their consequences to the minimum, should they occur, and in this regard, outbreak of Ebola in West Africa is a serious threat, and the international community needs to keep its vigilance and support to deal with this disease.” at the meeting with Mr Kwaku Aning, Deputy Director General and Head of Department of Technical Cooperation of the IAEA.
He also mentioned “the Agency has extensive expertise and experiences in diagnosing zoonotic diseases, and we expect the Agency to play an important role in developing and strengthening diagnosis capability and early warning system for such disease in Africa. We highly commend the Agency for its active engagement in involvement in and contribution to tackling recent EVD crisis. We stand ready to be instrumental to help the Agency to deal with this serious international challenge.”
In addition to financial contribution, Japan dispatched an expert to the first coordination meeting of this project, which started on February 23 in Uganda.