New Delhi, May 28 -- India has sent emergency pharmaceutical supplies to support efforts to contain the Ebola outbreak in Congo, Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said. In a social media post, Ethiopia-headquartered Africa CDC said the consignment, donated by India, was received in Uganda by its Eastern Africa Regional Coordinating Centre. The supplies include essential diagnostics, therapeutics, infection prevention and control materials, and case management support, which will be deployed to affected communities in eastern DR Congo.

Africa CDC has welcomed the arrival of emergency pharmaceutical supplies generously donated by the Government and people of India to support the ongoing response to the Bundibugyo Ebol...