As Ebola grows out of control, WHO pleads for more health workers

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Thu, 2014-09-11 23:00 — Norea

World Health Organization (WHO) Director general Margaret Chan (L) pauses next to Roberto Morales Ojeda, Minister of Public Health of Cuba, during a news conference on support to Ebola affected countries at the WHO headquarters in Geneva September 12, 2014. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy By Kate Kelland and Tom Miles - LONDON/GENEVA Fri Sep 12, 2014 4:20pm BST - reuters.com

The number of new Ebola cases in West Africa is growing faster than authorities can manage them, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Friday, renewing a call for health workers from around the world to go to the region to help.

As the death toll rose to more than 2,400 people out of 4,784 cases, WHO director general Margaret Chan told a news conference in Geneva the vast nature of the outbreak -- particularly in the three hardest-hit countries of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone -- required a massive emergency response.

http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/09/12/us-health-ebola-idUKKBN0H70PJ20140912

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