Cuts in US aid to the Democratic Republic of Congo may have contributed to delays in identifying the recent Ebola outbreak. The World Health Organization declared the outbreak an emergency shortly after its announcement.

The Ebola outbreak in eastern Africa was announced last week, then quickly declared an emergency by the WHO. It's likely cuts in U.S. aid to the DRC contributed to a delay in identifying the outbreak. <p>The Ebola outbreak in eastern Africa was announced last week, then quickly declared an emergency by the WHO. It's likely cuts in U.S. aid to the DRC contributed to a delay in identifying the outbreak.</p><img src="https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-582895...