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                  World Boosts Ebola Aid; UN Funds Fall Short

   by VOA News

   The international community is ramping up efforts to combat the Ebola
   outbreak in West Africa that has killed about 4,500 people, but is
   falling short on funding U.N. efforts at containing the virus.

   A British Royal Navy ship is set to leave for Sierra Leone Friday with
   medical teams and experts aboard. A day earlier, U.S. President Barack
   Obama authorized additional military forces to help the 4,000 U.S.
   personnel already committed to containment efforts in West Africa.

   And the World Health Organization announced Thursday it is sending
   teams to Ivory Coast and Mali to evaluate the countries' preparations
   to deal with the virus. The WHO will also increase coordination with an
   additional 13 at-risk countries in the region.

   But U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has nevertheless reissued his
   appeal for contributions to fight Ebola.

   Member states pledged $20 million of the estimated $1 billion requested
   by December 1 to reduce the rate of transmission in West Africa.

   Ban said only $100,000 in cash has been donated to the fund - and that
   came from only one country, Colombia.
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