India, May 30 -- India has sent its first tranche of medical supplies to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) amid the outbreak of Ebola in parts of the continent, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Friday.

On May 17, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda a Public Health Emergency of International Concern.

At his weekly media briefing, external affairs ministry's spokesperson, Randhir Jaiswal, was asked if India had sent any medical aid to Africa in the wake of the outbreak. "On your question, about the help that we have sent, we have sent medical supplies to CDC Africa. This was handed over by our High Commissioner in Uganda to ...