Bell also argued that the epidemic could have been stopped if more had been done sooner to build global health security. International aid budgets were hit hard by the sequester, reducing global health programs by $411 million and USAID by $289 million. If even modest investments had been made to build a public health infrastructure in West Africa previously, the current Ebola epidemic could have been detected earlier, and it could have been identified and contained, she said during her testimony. This Ebola epidemic shows that any vulnerability could have widespread impact if not stopped at the source. motherjones/blue-marble/2014/10/ebola-budget-cuts-sequester
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