dr. jim kim. he joins us from washington to talk about that.e is currently president of the world bank, he is also the founder of partners in health. the nonprofit has an impressive track record of fighting -- a fighting infectious disease. want to talk about the world bank. let me begin their. -- there. what do you hope to accomplish and what do you see containing the crisis at this moment? >> i have been talking with dr. margaret chan, directorate of -- director of the world health organization. she tells me things are getting better. she tells me the bert -- the worst part of the crisis can be brought under control. we can extend wishon and three to six months. what we need right now is immediate influence. out of the 200 million, 75 million will go to immediate -- right now, many of the health workers are just leaving. they are not getting paid well and the governments don't have the funds. this immediate infusion of cash from the world bank is going to help with the immediate response. which he also tells me is that on the ground, they nee

dr. jim kim joins me from washington to talk about that. he is currently president to have the world bank which just pledged $200 million to the fight. he's also a founder of partners in health, that nonprofit has an impressive track record of fighting infectious diseases. first of all, i want to talk about the world bank and the hat that you wear today. in fact, let me begin there. what do you hope to accomplish and tell me how you see containing the crisis at this moment. >> well, just this week, i have been talking with dr. margaret chan, director general of the world health organization, and she tells me things are getting better. now, the hope is that the worst part of the crisis can be brought under control in weeks, and we can extinguish it literally in 3:0 three to six months. we need now immediate input and moved quickly. out of the $200 million, $75 million will go to immediate needs. she told me many of the health workers are just leaving. firstly, they're not getting paid well and the governments don't have the funds. so this im

dr. jim kim. please give them all a round of applause. [ applause ] and i want to acknowledge members of congress who are here and who are such great champions of africa's engagement with -- america's engagement with africa. in a city that does not always agree on much these days, there is broad bipartisan agreement that a secure, prosperous, and self-reliant africa is in the national interest of the united states. and most of all, i want to thank all of you, the business leaders, the entrepreneurs, both from the united states and from across africa, who are creating jobs and opportunity for our people every single day. i want to acknowledge my leaders from across my administration who like penny are your partners, including our u.s. trade representative michael froman, usa i.d. administrator, and our new head of the millennial challenge corporat n corporation. president of the export/import bank. director of the u.s. trade and development industry and our president and ceo of opec, elizabeth litt

jim kim for his leadership at the bank. and for hosting us here today. know that one to of the things i admire most about dr. kim is that wherever life, been in his whatever leadership role he has served in, this is a man who has the willing to challenge status quote. and that was true when he found innovative ways to deliver partners inin the health. it was true when he applied ways toto finding new provide care for hi and aids at organization,th and when i was in the senate i did some work with him on that. was true he balanced the budget and led dartmouth college through its critical period of transition. so we welcome his leadership here. ist many of you may not know that when he was in high school he was a quarterback. those of you who know justcan football have to imagine what it was like for this young guy about 10 years heer he arrived in america, was facing down big midwestern linebackers. and there was no better preparation for today's world that.fe than a few decades later, he was working revolutionizing really how h.i.v. and aids was going to be dealt with. in the senate and we were working to try

jim yong kim. the organization has latched $220 million to the fight against ebola. here is what dr.become bush. accomplish.to >> i've been talking with director general of the world health organization. the hope is the worst part of the crisis can be brought under control in a week. -- we can't distinguish it and we can extinguish it in three months to six months. the $200 million, $75 million will go to immediate needs. one thing she told me, many of the health workers are leaving. they are not getting paid very well. that governments do not have funds. this immediate infusion of cash from the world bank is going to help with the immediate response. what she also told me was that on the ground they need everything. they need mobile laboratories, mobile clinics. they need protective gear. there has been a lot of talk of helping. what we hear from her and from others on the ground is that countries that have pledged to help need to step up quickly. remember, this is something we can get under control. his is not an airborne infectious disease like sars. we have to move quickly. if we