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The World Health Organisation recently declared the Ebola outbreak in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo a public health emergency of international concern, hoping this would raise the profile of the crisis and increase funding.

However, there are concerns that funding which could be saving lives in DR Congo is not reaching the people in need.

The Pandemic Emergency Financing Facility (PEFF) is a financial instrument that was created to ensure that disasters have emergency funding available. And yet, the response is still operating on a deficit.

Laurie Garrett, who won a Pulitzer prize for her coverage of the 1995 Ebola epidemic and author of the book The Coming Plague, explained the situation to Newsday's Alan Kasujja.

(Photo: The Ebola response in Beni, DRC. Credit: Getty Images)