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September 3, 2014

U.N., Aid Groups Seek Stepped-Up Global Response to Ebola Outbreak 
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The United Nations and international aid groups have issued new pleas
for a heightened global response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
The virus has now killed more than 1,500 people and spread to Guinea,
Liberia, Sierra Leone, Nigeria, Senegal and the Democratic Republic of
Congo. Margaret Chan of the World Health Organization said the outbreak
is outpacing efforts to contain it.

Margaret Chan: "This is the largest and most severe and most complex
Ebola outbreak ever seen in nearly 40 years' history of this disease. No
one, even outbreak responders with experience dating back to 1976 to
1995, have ever seen anything like it. As of this week, more than 3,500
cases are reported in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, and more than
1,500 deaths. The outbreaks are racing ahead of the control efforts in
these countries."

The WHO and other groups have called on countries to send donations,
doctors, biohazard experts and protective gear to the affected regions.

 

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