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September 15, 2014

Cuba Sends Health Workers for Ebola Effort; Obama to Unveil U.S. Plan 
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Cuba has announced it is sending 165 health workers to help address the
Ebola outbreak in West Africa. A team of doctors, nurses and infection
specialists will be stationed in Sierra Leone for six months. President
Obama is expected to unveil the U.S. response Tuesday in a visit to the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The National
Institutes of Health is warning the epidemic will continue for between
12 to 18 months.

 

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