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Nossiter and Cowell report: "The leaders of West African nations ravaged by the worst known outbreak of the Ebola virus gathered on Friday to meet with the head of the World Health Organization for the introduction of a $100 million plan to deploy hundreds more medical professionals in support of overstretched regional and international health workers."

The fight against ebola intensifies. (photo: Reuters)
The fight against ebola intensifies. (photo: Reuters)


African Leaders and WHO Intensify Effort to Combat Ebola Virus

By Adam Nossiter and Alan Cowell, The New York Times

01 August 14

 

he leaders of West African nations ravaged by the worst known outbreak of the Ebola virus gathered on Friday to meet with the head of the World Health Organization for the introduction of a $100 million plan to deploy hundreds more medical professionals in support of overstretched regional and international health workers.

The encounter was set a day after West African leaders seemed to quicken the pace of efforts to combat the disease, in what some analysts depicted as a belated acknowledgment that the response so far had been inadequate.

Indeed, before the meeting, there were indications of discord. The leader of Guinea’s Ebola task force said that emergency measures in Liberia, where schools have been closed, and Sierra Leone could set back efforts to control the worst outbreak of the virus since it was identified almost four decades ago.

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